CVE-2026-94626
Severity CVSS v4.0:
HIGH
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
21/09/2026
Last modified:
29/09/2026
Description
vLLM through 0.29.0 fails to validate the tp_size parameter in kv_transfer_params on OpenAI-compatible completion endpoints, allowing attackers to allocate unbounded memory. Attackers can supply arbitrary tp_size values in prefill/decode disaggregated deployments to exhaust memory and trigger kernel OOM-kill of the decode worker process.
Impact
Base Score 4.0
8.70
Severity 4.0
HIGH
Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:vllm:vllm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.29.0 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/v0.29.0/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/utils.py#L569-L573
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/v0.29.0/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl/metadata.py#L277
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/51137
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vllm-through-0.29.0-memory-exhaustion-via-unvalidated-nixl-tp-size


