CVE-2024-8984
Denial of Service (DoS) in berriai/litellm
A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in berriai/litellm version v1.44.5. This vulnerability can be exploited by appending characters, such as dashes (-), to the end of a multipart boundary in an HTTP request. The server continuously processes each character, leading to excessive resource consumption and rendering the service unavailable. The issue is unauthenticated and does not require any user interaction, impacting all users of the service.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Denial of Service (DoS) in berriai/litellm
A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in berriai/litellm version v1.44.5. This vulnerability can be exploited by appending characters, such as dashes (-), to the end of a multipart boundary in an HTTP request. The server continuously processes each character, leading to excessive resource consumption and rendering the service unavailable. The issue is unauthenticated and does not require any user interaction, impacting all users of the service.
- Record
CVE-2024-8984- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-6882
A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in berriai/litellm version v1.44.5. This vulnerability can be exploited by appending characters, such as dashes (-), to the end of a multipart boundary in an HTTP request. The server continuously processes each character, leading to excessive resource consumption and rendering the service unavailable. The issue is unauthenticated and does not require any user interaction, impacting all users of the service.
- Record
EUVD-2025-6882- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fh2c-86xm-pm2x
LiteLLM Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via Crafted HTTP Request
A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in berriai/litellm version v1.44.5. This vulnerability can be exploited by appending characters, such as dashes (-), to the end of a multipart boundary in an HTTP request. The server continuously processes each character, leading to excessive resource consumption and rendering the service unavailable. The issue is unauthenticated and does not require any user interaction, impacting all users of the service.
- Record
GHSA-fh2c-86xm-pm2x- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in berriai/litellm version v1.44.5. This vulnerability can be exploited by appending characters, such as dashes (-), to the end of a multipart boundary in an HTTP request. The server continuously processes each character, leading to excessive resource consumption and rendering the service unavailable. The issue is unauthenticated and does not require any user interaction, impacting all users of the service.
- Record
CVE-2024-8984- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Denial of Service (DoS) in berriai/litellm
A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in berriai/litellm version v1.44.5. This vulnerability can be exploited by appending characters, such as dashes (-), to the end of a multipart boundary in an HTTP request. The server continuously processes each character, leading to excessive resource consumption and rendering the service unavailable. The issue is unauthenticated and does not require any user interaction, impacting all users of the service.
- Record
CVE-2024-8984- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-fh2c-86xm-pm2x
LiteLLM Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via Crafted HTTP Request
A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in berriai/litellm version v1.44.5. This vulnerability can be exploited by appending characters, such as dashes (-), to the end of a multipart boundary in an HTTP request. The server continuously processes each character, leading to excessive resource consumption and rendering the service unavailable. The issue is unauthenticated and does not require any user interaction, impacting all users of the service.
- Record
GHSA-fh2c-86xm-pm2x- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2026-1545
LiteLLM Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via Crafted HTTP Request
A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in berriai/litellm version v1.44.5. This vulnerability can be exploited by appending characters, such as dashes (-), to the end of a multipart boundary in an HTTP request. The server continuously processes each character, leading to excessive resource consumption and rendering the service unavailable. The issue is unauthenticated and does not require any user interaction, impacting all users of the service.
- Record
PYSEC-2026-1545- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
litellmPyPI |
before 1.56.2 | 1.56.2 |
litellmPyPI |
before 1.56.2, plus listed versions 0.1.00.1.10.1.20.1.2010.1.202 Show 45 moreShow less0.1.2030.1.2040.1.2050.1.2060.1.2070.1.2080.1.2090.1.2100.1.2110.1.2120.1.2130.1.2140.1.2150.1.2160.1.2170.1.2180.1.2190.1.2200.1.2210.1.2220.1.2230.1.2240.1.2250.1.2260.1.2270.1.2280.1.2290.1.22910.1.2300.1.2310.1.2320.1.2330.1.2340.1.2350.1.2360.1.2370.1.2380.1.30.1.310.1.320.1.3300.1.3310.1.340.1.3410.1.343 |
1.56.2 |
litellmPyPI |
before 1.56.2, plus listed versions 0.1.00.1.10.1.20.1.2010.1.202 Show 45 moreShow less0.1.2030.1.2040.1.2050.1.2060.1.2070.1.2080.1.2090.1.2100.1.2110.1.2120.1.2130.1.2140.1.2150.1.2160.1.2170.1.2180.1.2190.1.2200.1.2210.1.2220.1.2230.1.2240.1.2250.1.2260.1.2270.1.2280.1.2290.1.22910.1.2300.1.2310.1.2320.1.2330.1.2340.1.2350.1.2360.1.2370.1.2380.1.30.1.310.1.320.1.3300.1.3310.1.340.1.3410.1.343 |
1.56.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-8984 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Berriai Berriai/litellm, published March 20, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.86%, the 58th percentile. Fixed in litellm 1.56.2.
References
huntr.com/bounties/554fc76b-3097-4223-b4cf-110b853e9355
github.com/berriai/litellm/commit/4f49f836aa844ac9b6bfbeff27e6f6b2b9cf3f61
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8984
pypi.org/project/litellm
Left out here: 1,222 versions. The JSON record has them.