Unrated

vLLM through 0.29.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the NIXL connector's prefix caching implementation that fails to properly validate block counts across multi-prompt completion request

  • Disclosed: 21.09.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 15:18

vLLM through 0.29.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the NIXL connector's prefix caching implementation that fails to properly validate block counts across multi-prompt completion requests in prefill/decode disaggregated deployments. Attackers can trigger an assertion failure in NixlBaseConnectorWorker._apply_prefix_caching by submitting completion requests with multiple prompts of varying lengths, causing the decode worker to terminate and become unavailable until restarted.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) vllm < 0.30.0 0.30.0

References

CVSS score -
CVSS vector
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weakness (CWE)
-
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
vllm
Disclosed
21.09.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 15:18

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-4005 - PyPA Advisory Database; 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.

All (94) in the archive
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

  1. 2024: 2
  2. 2025: 30
  3. 2026: 62
Severity:
  1. vLLM through 0.29.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the NIXL connector's prefix caching implementation that fails to properly validate block counts across multi-prompt completion request this entry
    Unrated CVE-2026-94623 < 0.30.0 0.30.0
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-54234 >= 0.17.1, < 0.24.0 0.24.0
  3. High CVE-2026-55514 >= 0.12.0, < 0.24.0 0.24.0
  4. Critical · 9.1 CVE-2026-48746 >= 0.3.0, < 0.22.0 0.22.0
  5. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-22778 >= 0.8.3, < 0.14.1 0.14.1
  6. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-22807 >= 0.10.1, < 0.14.0 0.14.0
  7. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-56340 >= 0.10.2, < 0.13.0 0.13.0
  8. High · 6.5 CVE-2025-62372 >= 0.5.5, < 0.11.1 0.11.1
  9. High · 8.8 CVE-2025-62164 >= 0.10.2, < 0.11.1 0.11.1
  10. High · 7.5 CVE-2025-59425 < 0.11.0 0.11.0
  11. High · 8.8 CVE-2025-9141 >= 0.10.0, < 0.10.1.1 0.10.1.1
  12. High · 7.5 CVE-2025-48956 >= 0.1.0, < 0.10.1.1 0.10.1.1
  13. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2025-47277 >= 0.6.5, < 0.8.5 0.8.5
  14. High · 8.0 CVE-2025-30165 >= 0.5.2, < 0.10.0 0.10.0
  15. Critical · 10.0 CVE-2025-32444 >= 0.6.5, < 0.8.5 0.8.5
  16. High · 7.5 CVE-2025-30202 >= 0.5.2, < 0.8.5 0.8.5
  17. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2024-11041 <= 0.6.2 no fix
  18. Critical · 9.0 CVE-2025-29783 >= 0.6.5, < 0.8.0 0.8.0
  19. High · 7.5 CVE-2024-8768 < 0.5.5 0.5.5

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