TI-2026-80193 Aliases CVE-2026-116175 GHSA-vchq-p6cc-h35x

Decompression bomb in vLLM audio input lets attackers exhaust memory

LOW 31CWE-409Published 2026-10-25 · Updated 2026-10-26

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

vLLM from 0.19.0 before 0.24.0 contains a decompression bomb flaw in the AudioMediaIO multimodal path, which calls load_audio without the max_duration_s decoded-duration limit (CWE-409). An authenticated attacker can send small compressed audio through input_audio or audio_url in chat completion requests that expands to a huge decoded PCM buffer, exhausting server memory.

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

Description from the CNA

vLLM from 0.19.0 before 0.24.0 contains a decompression bomb vulnerability because the AudioMediaIO multimodal path calls load_audio without the max_duration_s decoded-duration limit. Authenticated attackers can send small compressed audio via input_audio or audio_url in /v1/chat/completions requests that expands to huge decoded PCM, exhausting server memory.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00314 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial vllm (vllm-project): 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	0.19.0 to before 0.24.0	0.24.0	Patch available	CNA

vllm Vendorvllm-project Affected 0.19.0 to before 0.24.0 Fixed in 0.24.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:vllm:vllm::::::::	0.19.0 to before 0.24.0	Vulnerable	vLLM

cpe:2.3:a:vllm:vllm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.19.0 to before 0.24.0 Vulnerable ·vLLM

Remediation

Upgrade vLLM to version 0.24.0. Red Hat AI Inference Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 and Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) are affected without a fix, and Red Hat lists no planned fix for them.

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

Fix · CNA vllm (vllm-project) Fixed in 0.24.0

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2026-10-25
vllm-project vllm 0.24.0
5 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-80194 Server-side request forgery in vLLM P2pNcclConnector via X-Request-IdPriority MEDIUM 44
- TI-2026-80191 Denial of service in vLLM via crafted gRPC logprob token requestsPriority LOW 36
- TI-2026-80190 Denial of service in vLLM Rust gRPC converter via top_nPriority LOW 36
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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

2026-10-25 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-116175
2026-10-25 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
2026-10-25 CVSS score added · Red Hat
2026-10-26 CISA SSVC decision points changed
2026-10-26 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
2026-10-27 Alias added: GHSA-vchq-p6cc-h35x

References

Advisory 1

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-r45p-7qwx-qwjw)

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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