CVE-2026-93436
8.7
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
Summary
vLLM through 0.29.0 fails to properly clean up decode-side metadata for rejected inference requests in prefill/decode disaggregated deployments. Remote attackers can submit requests with max_tokens=0 to exhaust decode-worker memory without bound until the worker restarts.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| vllm-project | vllm | 0 <= 0.29.0 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
References
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/55677
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/v0.29.0/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl/push_worker.py#L162-L181
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vllm-through-0.29.0-memory-exhaustion-via-rejected-requests
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