vLLM introduced enhanced protection for CVE-2025-62164
Summary
The fix here for CVE-2025-62164 is not sufficient. The fix only disables prompt embeds by default rather than addressing the root cause, so the DoS vulnerability remains when the feature is enabled.
Details
vLLM's pending change attempts to fix the root cause, which is the missing sparse tensor validation. PyTorch (~v2.0) disables sparse tensor validation (specifically, sparse tensor invariants checks) by default for performance reasons. vLLM is adding the sparse tensor validation to ensure indices are valid, non-negative, and within bounds. These checks help catch malformed tensors.
PoC
NA
Impact
Current fix only added a flag to disable/enable prompt embeds, so by default, prompt embeds feature is disabled in vLLM, which stops DoS attacks through the embeddings. However, It doesn’t address the problem when the flag is enabled and there is still potential for DoS attacks.
Changes
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python (PyPI) | vllm | >= 0.10.2, < 0.13.0 | 0.13.0 |
References
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-mcmc-2m55-j8jj
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vllm-denial-of-service-via-unvalidated-multimodal-embeddings
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/30649
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56340
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2491060
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/vllm/PYSEC-2026-250.yaml
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-56340.json
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-123, CWE-20, CWE-502, CWE-787- Platform
- Python (PyPI)
- Package
vllm- Disclosed
- 08.01.2026
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 15:18
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-250 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-mcmc-2m55-j8jj - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: vllm
All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 94
- First → latest
- 09.2024 10.2026
- Without a fix
- 5
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- Critical 9
- High 23
- Medium 47
- Low 4
- Unrated 11
Disclosures per year
- 2024: 2
- 2025: 30
- 2026: 62
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