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SGLang through 0.5.20 Denial of Service via Duplicate bootstrap_room

Priority HIGH 77CWE-694Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

SGLang through 0.5.20 in prefill/decode disaggregation mode fails to validate duplicate bootstrap_room fields in /generate requests with Mooncake KV transfer backend. Unauthenticated attackers can send concurrent requests with identical bootstrap_room values to crash scheduler processes or hang other users' requests until transfer timeout.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00582 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
sgl-projectsglangup to 0.5.20—No fix listedCNA
  • sglang Vendorsgl-project Affected up to 0.5.20 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-102634
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mjgp-hgfr-77jq

References

  • TI-2026-76247 Denial of service in SGLang expert-distribution recording endpoint CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-70996 SGLang disables decompression bomb check, enabling denial of service CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-70994 SGLang Memory Exhaustion DoS via Qwen-VL Video Preprocessing CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-70993 Decompression amplification in SGLang load_audio exhausts memory CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-75290 Code injection in SGLang debug dumper filter CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2026-76467 Server-side request forgery in SGLang via bootstrap_host and bootstrap_port CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
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Sources