CVE-2026-100647
vLLM before 0.29.0 CPU Exhaustion via unbounded cache_salt
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.9 Medium
- Published
- Sep 26, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 28, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 26, 2026
Description
vLLM versions before 0.29.0 contain a denial-of-service vulnerability in the cache_salt parameter accepted on OpenAI-compatible and Anthropic API endpoints, which lacks maximum length validation and is processed on the single EngineCore scheduler thread. Unauthenticated attackers can send HTTP requests with multi-hundred-megabyte salt values that trigger expensive pickle serialization and SHA-256 hashing, stalling the scheduler thread and denying service to all concurrent requests.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 6.9 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
vllmvllm-project |
|
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-wpww-v874-ph2p)vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: vLLM before 0.29.0 CPU Exhaustion via unbounded cache_saltthird-party-advisory
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