CVE-2024-8768
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.007 · 52 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
A flaw was found in the vLLM library. A completions API request with an empty prompt will crash the vLLM API server, resulting in a denial of service.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5
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affected products (1)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-w2r7-9579-27hfvLLM denial of service vulnerability2024-09-17ghsa · osvUS
A flaw was found in the vLLM library. A completions API request with an empty prompt will crash the vLLM API server, resulting in a denial of service.
- PYSEC-2026-2024vLLM denial of service vulnerability2026-07-07vendor · osvUS
A flaw was found in the vLLM library. A completions API request with an empty prompt will crash the vLLM API server, resulting in a denial of service.
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references (14)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8768cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2311895cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-8768/cnnvd
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/7632cnnvd
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/7746cnnvd
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/releases/tag/v0.6.1.post2Patchcnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8768enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2311895enisa_euvd
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