CVE-2026-109225
SGLang through 0.5.21 Memory Exhaustion DoS via /v1/audio/transcriptions Upload
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.7 High
- Published
- Oct 12, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 13, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 12, 2026
Description
SGLang through 0.5.21 contains an unbounded memory allocation vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to exhaust memory by uploading oversized files to /v1/audio/transcriptions. Attackers can send concurrent large multipart uploads, which are fully read into memory before validation, to crash the HTTP/tokenizer worker and deny service.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.7 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
sglangsgl-project |
|
References
- GitHub Issue #43709issue-tracking
- https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang/blob/v0.5.21/python/sglang/srt/entrypoints/http_server.py#L1847-L1871technical-description
- https://github.com/sgl-project/sglangproduct
- VulnCheck Advisory: SGLang through 0.5.21 Memory Exhaustion DoS via /v1/audio/transcriptions Uploadthird-party-advisory
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