Api-Key-Theft

AI Gateways Targeted: LiteLLM, RAGFlow, Kestra Compromised

ATLAS OWASP HIGH ▲ 8.5 Microsoft Security Blog Aug 27, 2026

Microsoft Security Research documented active intrusions targeting three distinct AI infrastructure components — a LiteLLM gateway, a RAGFlow retrieval platform, and a Kestra workflow orchestrator — revealing a pattern of attackers treating AI control planes as high-value targets for credential theft and compute abuse. Across all three cases, attackers converged on the same objectives: stealing model-provider API keys, establishing persistence, and monetising compromised compute resources. The findings signal that AI-specific middleware and orchestration layers require the same security rigour as traditional enterprise critical infrastructure.

CVE-2026-7482: Ollama Heap Read Exposes API Keys

ATLAS OWASP CRITICAL ▲ 9.2 SecurityWeek May 06, 2026

A critical heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability (CVE-2026-7482, CVSS 9.3) in Ollama's GGUF model loader allows unauthenticated remote attackers to exfiltrate sensitive heap memory — including API keys, prompts, and PII — using just three API calls. With approximately 300,000 Ollama instances publicly exposed and no authentication required by default, the attack surface is immediately and broadly exploitable. The vulnerability has been patched in Ollama version 0.17.1, but unpatched internet-facing deployments remain at critical risk.

CVE-2026-42208: LiteLLM SQL Injection Exposes API Keys

ATLAS OWASP CRITICAL ▲ 9.2 The Hacker News Apr 30, 2026

A critical SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-42208, CVSS 9.3) in BerriAI's LiteLLM AI gateway was actively exploited within 36 hours of public disclosure, targeting database tables storing upstream LLM provider API keys including OpenAI, Anthropic, and AWS Bedrock credentials. Attackers demonstrated prior knowledge of LiteLLM's internal schema, selectively probing credential and configuration tables while ignoring user and team tables. The blast radius extends far beyond a typical web-app SQL injection, as successful extraction equates to cloud-account-level compromise across multiple AI provider accounts.

CVE-2026-42208: LiteLLM SQL Injection Stealing AI Credentials

ATLAS OWASP CRITICAL ▲ 9.2 BleepingComputer Apr 29, 2026

A critical unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-42208) in LiteLLM, a widely-used LLM proxy and SDK middleware, is being actively exploited to extract API keys, provider credentials, and configuration secrets from the proxy database. Exploitation began within 36 hours of public disclosure, with attackers demonstrating precise targeting of sensitive tables containing OpenAI, Anthropic, and Bedrock credentials. The stolen credentials could enable downstream attacks against AI infrastructure at scale, given LiteLLM's broad adoption across LLM application ecosystems.

Scanning for AI Models, (Tue, Apr 14th)

ATLAS OWASP HIGH ▲ 7.8 SANS Internet Storm Center Apr 15, 2026

A single threat actor (IP 81.168.83.103) has been systematically scanning internet-facing systems since at least January 2026, specifically targeting credential files, API tokens, and configuration data associated with popular AI platforms including OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, HuggingFace, and the Openclaw/Clawdbot tools. The campaign focuses on harvesting AI API credentials and secrets stored in predictable file paths, representing a targeted reconnaissance effort against AI model deployments. If successful, these probes could enable API key theft, model access abuse, and broader compromise of AI-integrated systems.