CVE-2026-94626
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.006 · 50 %ileDEUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
vLLM through 0.29.0 fails to validate the tp_size parameter in kv_transfer_params on OpenAI-compatible completion endpoints, allowing attackers to allocate unbounded memory. Attackers can supply arbitrary tp_size values in prefill/decode disaggregated deployments to exhaust memory and trigger kernel OOM-kill of the decode worker process.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.6–8.7
weaknesses
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affected products (4)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-3507vllm: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2026-09-21csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in vllm ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
- PYSEC-2026-40082026-09-21vendor · osvUS
vLLM through 0.29.0 fails to validate the tp_size parameter in kv_transfer_params on OpenAI-compatible completion endpoints, allowing attackers to allocate unbounded memory. Attackers can supply arbitrary tp_size values in prefill/decode disaggregated deployments to exhaust memory and trigger kernel OOM-kill of the decode worker process.
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references (5) nvd
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- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllmProduct
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/v0.29.0/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/utils.py#L569-L573Product
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/v0.29.0/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl/metadata.py#L277Product
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/51137Issue TrackingPatch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vllm-through-0.29.0-memory-exhaustion-via-unvalidated-nixl-tp-sizeThird Party Advisory
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