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Memory exhaustion in SGLang via Mooncake STAGING_RSP messages

Priority LOW 31CWE-770Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

SGLang through 0.5.22 with the Mooncake disaggregation backend allocates memory without limits in handle_staging_rsp(), tracked as CWE-770. An unauthenticated network-adjacent attacker can exhaust memory on the Prefill side by sending crafted STAGING_RSP messages, which causes the scheduler to be killed by the out-of-memory killer.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

Description from the CNA

SGLang through 0.5.22 with the Mooncake disaggregation backend contains an uncontrolled memory allocation vulnerability in handle_staging_rsp() that lets unauthenticated network-adjacent attackers exhaust Prefill memory. Attackers can obtain the rank address from the /route endpoint and send STAGING_RSP messages with huge chunk_idx values under fresh room IDs, causing the scheduler to be OOM-killed.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00249 16th 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
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
sgl-projectsglangup to 0.5.22—No fix listedCNA
  • sglang Vendorsgl-project Affected up to 0.5.22 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

The sources list no fixed version for SGLang.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-19 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-112270
  2. 2026-10-19 Alias added: GHSA-q322-x26r-gm37

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-2026-65453 SGLang through 0.5.20 Denial of Service via Duplicate bootstrap_room CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-75290 Code injection in SGLang debug dumper filter CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
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Sources