# LiteLLM Shipped Malware on October 21 — 49K Downloads Before Anyone Noticed

> Source: <https://byteiota.com/litellm-shipped-malware-on-october-21-49k-downloads-before-anyone-noticed/>
> Published: 2026-10-30 03:13:15+00:00

On October 21, 2026, someone with maintainer access to LiteLLM pushed a poisoned release — version 1.107.0 — to PyPI and Docker Hub. The package contained a professional-grade credential stealer and an hourly remote code execution loader. It was live on PyPI for one hour and forty-four minutes. In that window, 49,000 developers downloaded it. If you run any Python environment with LiteLLM installed, treat it as compromised until proven otherwise. LiteLLM is the open-source AI gateway most teams use to route requests across providers — OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and dozens of others. It sees 23 million downloads a week […]

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