CVE-2026-93838
Severity CVSS v4.0:
HIGH
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
18/09/2026
Last modified:
22/09/2026
Description
SGLang versions through 0.5.20 contain an unbounded memory allocation vulnerability in handle_staging_req() that fails to validate chunk_idx from ZMQ STAGING_REQ frames in prefill/decode disaggregation deployments. Attackers with access to the decode engine's internal ZMQ rank port can send a frame with an extremely large chunk_idx value, causing the scheduler to allocate memory until the system runs out and terminates the process.
Impact
Base Score 4.0
8.20
Severity 4.0
HIGH
Base Score 3.x
5.90
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang
- https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang/blob/v0.5.20/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/common/conn.py#L1636-L1640
- https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang/blob/v0.5.20/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/common/staging_handler.py#L781
- https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang/blob/v0.5.20/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/common/staging_handler.py#L848-L860
- https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang/issues/39764
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sglang-through-0.5.20-unbounded-memory-allocation-via-staging-req-chunk-idx
- https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang/issues/39764


