Supply-chain Breach: How a Leaked LiteLLM Master Key Let Attackers Push a Malicious PyPI Release
LiteLLM disclosed a serious supply-chain incident that began with a single accidentally published configuration file and escalated into a malicious package release that could execute whenever Python started. The exposure of an Agent Platform master key in late May 2026 went unrevoked and, months later, an attacker used it to extract high-privilege GitHub tokens, override release safeguards, and publish a trojaned LiteLLM package to PyPI. The fallout forced an emergency…
