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vllm has Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

  • Disclosed: 26.05.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 14:18

A vulnerability was identified in vllm-project vllm 0.19.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component OpenAI-compatible Serving Path. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) vllm <= 0.19.0 no fix

References

CVSS score 5.3/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-404
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
vllm
Disclosed
26.05.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 14:18

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-3407 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-98f3-hwg4-4rf7 - 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

Severity:
  1. A flaw has been found in vllm-project vLLM up to 0.26.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file rust/src/parser/src/unified/gemma4.rs of the component Gemma4UnifiedParser. Executing a man
    High · 7.5 CVE-2026-103241 < 0.27.0 0.27.0
  2. vLLM versions 0.22.0 through 0.23.0 fail to validate stop_token_ids against vocabulary bounds in Rust HTTP and gRPC frontends, allowing out-of-vocabulary token IDs to reach MinTokensLogitsProcessor. A
    High · 7.5 CVE-2026-100652 >= 0.22.0, < 0.24.0 0.24.0
  3. vLLM has Remote DoS via Invalid Recovered Token Reinjection
    High · 7.5 CVE-2026-54234 >= 0.17.1, < 0.24.0 0.24.0
  4. vLLM: ReDoS via structured_outputs.regex compiled without timeout in xgrammar and outlines backends
    High · 7.5 CVE-2026-55574 < 0.24.0 0.24.0
  5. vLLM denial of service via prompt embeds on M-RoPE models
    High CVE-2026-55514 >= 0.12.0, < 0.24.0 0.24.0
  6. vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models (LLMs). Prior to 0.22.1, the vLLM Dockerfile is vulnerable to a dependency confusion attack through the flashinfer-jit-cache package.
    High · 8.8 CVE-2026-54232 < 0.22.1 0.22.1
  7. vLLM: OpenAI auth bypass
    Critical · 9.1 CVE-2026-48746 >= 0.3.0, < 0.22.0 0.22.0
  8. vLLM: Security Check Bypass via assert Statement in Activation Function Loading Allows Arbitrary Code Execution
    High · 7.5 CVE-2026-41523 < 0.22.0 0.22.0
  9. vLLM versions 0.8.0 and later are vulnerable to an Out-of-Memory (OOM) Denial of Service (DoS) attack due to unbounded frame count processing in the `VideoMediaIO.load_base64()` method. When processin
    High · 7.5 CVE-2026-5497 >= 0.8.0, < 0.19.0 0.19.0
  10. vllm has Improper Resource Shutdown or Release this entry
    Medium · 5.3 CVE-2026-9540 <= 0.19.0 no fix
  11. vLLM has Hardcoded Trust Override in Model Files Enables RCE Despite Explicit User Opt-Out
    High · 8.8 CVE-2026-27893 >= 0.10.1, < 0.18.0 0.18.0
  12. vLLM has RCE In Video Processing
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-22778 >= 0.8.3, < 0.14.1 0.14.1
  13. vLLM vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) through MediaConnector
    High · 7.1 CVE-2026-24779 < 0.14.1 0.14.1
  14. vLLM affected by RCE via auto_map dynamic module loading during model initialization
    High · 8.8 CVE-2026-22807 >= 0.10.1, < 0.14.0 0.14.0
  15. vLLM introduced enhanced protection for CVE-2025-62164
    High · 8.8 CVE-2026-56340 >= 0.10.2, < 0.13.0 0.13.0
  16. vLLM vulnerable to remote code execution via transformers_utils/get_config
    High · 7.1 CVE-2025-66448 < 0.11.1 0.11.1
  17. vLLM vulnerable to DoS with incorrect shape of multimodal embedding inputs
    High · 6.5 CVE-2025-62372 >= 0.5.5, < 0.11.1 0.11.1
  18. vLLM deserialization vulnerability leading to DoS and potential RCE
    High · 8.8 CVE-2025-62164 >= 0.10.2, < 0.11.1 0.11.1
  19. vLLM is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) through `MediaConnector` class
    High · 7.1 CVE-2025-6242 >= 0.5.0, < 0.11.0 0.11.0
  20. vLLM is vulnerable to timing attack at bearer auth
    High · 7.5 CVE-2025-59425 < 0.11.0 0.11.0
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