TI-2026-41140 Aliases CVE-2026-57173 GHSA-hcwq-8wjf-3gcr

vLLM: Unauthenticated audio decompression-bomb DoS in /v1/chat/completions

LOW 30CWE-770Published 2026-09-16 · Updated 2026-09-18

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models. Prior to 0.24.0, the input_audio handling path for /v1/chat/completions calls AudioMediaIO.load_bytes or AudioMediaIO.load_file without passing VLLM_MAX_AUDIO_DECODE_DURATION_S to the shared audio decoder. An unauthenticated client can therefore submit a small compressed audio input that expands into a very large float32 PCM allocation, bypassing the duration guard already used by /v1/audio/transcriptions and causing an out-of-memory worker crash. Inline data URLs reach this path without being bounded by VLLM_AUDIO_FETCH_TIMEOUT. The issue affects deployments serving an audio-capable model, and authentication changes only the deployment-specific reachability. This issue is fixed in version 0.24.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.0073 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial vllm (vllm-project): 0.24.0vllm (PyPI): 0.24.0Red Hat: 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
vllm-project	vllm	before 0.24.0	0.24.0	Patch available	CNA
—	vllm (PyPI)	before 0.24.0	0.24.0	Patch available	GHSA-hcwq-8wjf-3gcr

vllm Vendorvllm-project Affected before 0.24.0 Fixed in 0.24.0 Patch available CNA
vllm (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.24.0 Fixed in 0.24.0 Patch available GHSA-hcwq-8wjf-3gcr

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:vllm:vllm::::::::	before 0.24.0	Vulnerable	vLLM

cpe:2.3:a:vllm:vllm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.24.0 Vulnerable ·vLLM

Remediation

Fix · CNA vllm (vllm-project) Fixed in 0.24.0
Fix · GHSA-hcwq-8wjf-3gcr vllm (PyPI) Fixed in 0.24.0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat AI Inference Server	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-57173
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hcwq-8wjf-3gcr

References

Patch 2

Advisory 2

Other 2

TI-2024-10229 Remote Code Execution in vllm-project/vllm CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-08404 Remote Code Execution in vllm-project/vllm CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-36017 vLLM: OpenAI auth bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2026-63056 vLLM before 0.28.0 Denial of Service via negative token ID CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
TI-2026-04308 Hardcoded trust_remote_code=True in vllm-project/vllm Bypasses User Security Control CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2026-39137 vLLM: Remote DoS in vLLM via Invalid Recovered Token Reinjection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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