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LLM Heist: Hijacking LiteLLM for Traffic Interception, Key Theft, and Tool-Call Injection

lowembracetheredPublished 2026-08-03

<p><a href="https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm">LiteLLM</a> is a popular AI gateway. It provides a unified interface to LLMs and simplifies governance. It also has access to the backend LLM provider keys.</p> <p><strong>All of that makes it a high-value target.</strong> Not only for IP and data theft, but also for response modification and tool invocation.</p> <p><a href="https://embracethered.com

Original source: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2026/hijacking-litellm-for-fun-and-profit/