CVE-2024-8768

Vllm: a completions api request with an empty prompt will crash the vllm api server.

State: Published
Severity: 7.5 High
Published: Sep 17, 2024
Updated: Nov 20, 2025
Reserved: Sep 12, 2024

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.5 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	redhat

Weaknesses

CWE-617 Reachable Assertion

Affected Products

Product	Versions
vllm	before 0.5.5Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)Red Hat

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8768vdb-entry
RHBZ#2311895issue-tracking
https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/7632
https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/7746

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