CVE-2026-100650vLLM before 0.29.0 Resource Exhaustion via Unbounded Media Materialization
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vLLM through 0.29.0 fetches and fully materializes remote or inline media before enforcing its documented media controls (the VLLM_MAX_AUDIO_CLIP_FILESIZE_MB compressed-audio size cap, default 25 MB, and the per-modality --limit-mm-per-prompt item limits). Across four ingress paths — the shared media-acquisition layer (HTTPConnection.get_bytes()/async_get_bytes()), the chat completions audio_url/base64 path, the batch speech runner, and the Rust frontend POST /tokenize route — the server reads the entire HTTP response body, base64-decodes the inline payload, or spawns one fetch/decode task per media part, and only then applies the limit (or, on some paths, never applies it). A remote attacker can therefore cause the API server or batch-runner process to allocate memory and consume outbound bandwidth proportional to an attacker-chosen body size or media item count before the request is rejected, resulting in pre-inference memory and bandwidth exhaustion (denial of service). The chat and batch surfaces require an API key when one is configured; the Rust frontend /tokenize route is unauthenticated by design. There is no code execution or data disclosure impact.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-400
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 1, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
vllm-project vllm vllm_project:vllm (from the name) | before 0.29.0; 0.29.0 not affected | CNA record |
vllm vllm vllm:vllm | through 0.29.0 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-p6g9-7v3x-m8mvvendor-advisory, exploit, mitigation
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/commit/752a3a504485790a2e8491cacbb35c137339ad34patch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vllm-before-0.29.0-resource-exhaustion-via-unbounded-media-materializationthird-party-advisory
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