Missing authentication in LMCache MP Coordinator fleet control API
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.
Summary
LMCache through 0.5.5 has a missing authentication flaw in its multiprocess coordinator, where the HTTP fleet control API listens on all interfaces by default (CWE-306). A remote unauthenticated attacker can register or deregister instances, overwrite quotas, inject events, and enumerate directory keys, which disrupts caching and discloses placement metadata.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
LMCache through 0.5.5 contains a missing authentication vulnerability in the multiprocess coordinator that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to access its HTTP fleet control API listening on all interfaces by default. Attackers can register or deregister instances via /instances, overwrite quotas via /quota endpoints, inject events via /events, and enumerate /directory/keys to disrupt caching and disclose placement metadata.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for LMCache.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-07 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-107205
- 2026-10-07 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-07 Alias added: GHSA-87j8-jqhj-hfm7
References
More LMCache vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-69186 LMCache Unauthenticated RCE via /run_script Endpoint CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-69188 Missing authentication in LMCache HTTP server exposes management API CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-69189 SSRF allowlist bypass in LMCache frontend lacks authentication CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-69101 Unauthenticated remote code execution in LMCache multiprocess mode CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-107205 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-107205 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-87j8-jqhj-hfm7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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