# CVE-2026-33265: Privilege escalation in LibreChat

> A logged-in user can obtain JWTs for both the main API and RAG API, potentially allowing unauthorized access or privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 18 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-59wr-fjj3-mr2w

## What is CVE-2026-33265?

CVE-2026-33265 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Librechat Librechat, published on 18 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In LibreChat 0.8.1-rc2, a logged-in user obtains a JWT for both the LibreChat API and the RAG API.

Weakness: CWE-669 (Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-33265?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Librechat Librechat.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-33265?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-33265 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-33265 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-33265 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Librechat Librechat

- [CVE-2026-32625](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-32625/): LibreChat Exfiltrates Server Secrets via MCP Server URL Injection (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-11167](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11167/): Improper Access Control in danny-avila/librechat (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2026-22252](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22252/): LibreChat MCP Stdio Remote Command Execution (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-69222](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69222/): LibreChat is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery due to missing restrictions (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-41704](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41704/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-33265 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-33265 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Librechat Librechat, published on 18 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-33265 exists.

Affected product: Librechat Librechat. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33265/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33265/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-33265
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33265
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33265

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33265/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.