vllm: vLLM: Denial of Service via NIXL multi-prompt assertion failure

cve CVE-2026-94623 2 sources, 2 claims · Watch

Red Hat writes:
vllm: vLLM: Denial of Service via NIXL multi-prompt assertion failure the claim

Severity: HIGH NVD
important Red Hat
CVSS: 7.5 NVD
7.5 Red Hat
Vendor: vllm-project NVD
Product: vllm NVD
CWE: CWE-617 NVD
CWE-617 Red Hat

How far exploitation has got

No public code known
Proof of concept
Proof of concept, verified
A Metasploit module
Exploited in the wild
Used in ransomware campaigns

Timeline

2026-09-21	first spoke of it: 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.	NVD
2026-09-21	first spoke of it: vllm: vLLM: Denial of Service via NIXL multi-prompt assertion failure	Red Hat

What it is to other things

affects	vllm/vllm NVD
made_by	vllm NVD

In words only, so not counted until a person confirms one:

made_by	`vllm_project` NVD says “vllm-project”
affects	`vllm_project/vllm` NVD says “vllm-project · vllm”

Every value, with what each source said and its receipt

Property Source Said Means here

Automatable

automatable

NVD

yes

An attacker can reliably run all of the kill chain's first four steps without a person.

receipt

Source: NVD
Its words: yes
Read by: field:cve.metrics.ssvcV203[].ssvcData.options[].automatable
Said since: 2026-10-06 12:31 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-10-06 12:31 UTC	yes
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

What the source handed over

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CVSS

cvss

NVD

7.5

receipt

Source: NVD
Its words: 7.5
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Said since: 2026-09-29 09:45 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

What the source handed over

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CVSS

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Red Hat

7.5

receipt

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Said since: 2026-09-29 09:44 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 13:02 UTC
Original: open at the source

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Cvss4

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NVD

8.7

receipt

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Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-10-06 12:31 UTC	8.7
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

What the source handed over

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Cvss4 vector

cvss4_vector

NVD

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

receipt

Source: NVD
Its words: 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
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Said since: 2026-10-06 12:31 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-10-06 12:31 UTC	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
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

What the source handed over

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}

—

CVSS vector

cvss_vector

NVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

receipt

Source: NVD
Its words: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Read by: field:cve.metrics.cvssMetricV31[type=Primary].cvssData.vectorString || field:cve.metrics.cvssMetricV31[].cvssData.vectorString
Said since: 2026-10-06 12:31 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-10-06 12:31 UTC	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

What the source handed over

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}

—

CVSS vector

cvss_vector

Red Hat

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

receipt

Source: Red Hat
Its words: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Read by: field:cvss3_scoring_vector
Said since: 2026-10-06 13:01 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 13:02 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-10-06 13:01 UTC	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2026-09-29 09:44 UTC	—

What the source handed over

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—

CWE

cwe

NVD

CWE-617

receipt

Source: NVD
Its words: CWE-617
Read by: field:cve.weaknesses[].description[].value
Said since: 2026-10-06 12:31 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-10-06 12:31 UTC	CWE-617
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

What the source handed over

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CWE

cwe

Red Hat

CWE-617

receipt

Source: Red Hat
Its words: CWE-617
Read by: field:CWE
Said since: 2026-09-29 09:44 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 13:02 UTC
Original: open at the source

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exploitation

NVD

none

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receipt

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Said since: 2026-10-06 12:31 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-10-06 12:31 UTC	none
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

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Product

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NVD

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receipt

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Said since: 2026-09-29 17:49 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-09-29 17:49 UTC	vllm
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

What the source handed over

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Severity

severity

NVD

HIGH

From 7.0 to 8.9.

receipt

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Its words: HIGH
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Said since: 2026-10-06 12:31 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-10-06 12:31 UTC	HIGH
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

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Severity

severity

Red Hat

important

A flaw that can easily compromise confidentiality, integrity or availability.

receipt

Source: Red Hat
Its words: important
Read by: field:severity
Said since: 2026-09-29 09:44 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 13:02 UTC
Original: open at the source

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high

Status

status

NVD

Analyzed

receipt

Source: NVD
Its words: Analyzed
Read by: field:cve.vulnStatus
Said since: 2026-09-29 17:49 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-09-29 17:49 UTC	Analyzed
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	Undergoing Analysis

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Technical impact

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NVD

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The attacker gains limited control, or limited information.

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Original: open at the source

2026-10-06 12:31 UTC	partial
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

What the source handed over

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Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
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2026-09-29 17:49 UTC	vllm-project
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

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—

Every claim, by kind

vulnerability

vllm: vLLM: Denial of Service via NIXL multi-prompt assertion failure zetlyn/cve-redhat · 2026-09-21	cvss 7.5 cvss_vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H cwe CWE-617 severity important	source
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. zetlyn/cve-nvd · 2026-09-21	automatable yes cvss 7.5 cvss4 8.7 cvss4_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 cvss_vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H cwe CWE-617 exploitation none product vllm severity HIGH status Analyzed technical_impact partial vendor vllm-project	source