vLLM before 0.28.0 Denial of Service via audio extraction

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• vllm vllm0.10.2 and later · before 0.28.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulnCheck). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• vllm-project vLLM

  • 0.28.0not affected
  • 0.10.2 and later · before 0.28.0affected · semver

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2026-22778vLLM leaks a heap address when PIL throws an error
  60This week
• CVE-2025-32444vLLM Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via Mooncake Integration
  40Plan
• CVE-2024-11041Remote Code Execution in vllm-project/vllm
  40Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

• ← EarlierCVE-2026-37237Aug 28, 2026 · vLLM up to and including 0.17.0 allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service via memory exhaustion.
  30Monitor
• ← EarlierCVE-2026-90553Sep 12, 2026 · vLLM before 0.28.0 Remote Code Execution via LlavaOnevision2 processor
  34Monitor
• Later →CVE-2026-90555Sep 12, 2026 · vLLM before 0.28.0 Denial of Service via Audio Header
  28Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

Code that parses nested structures sets no depth or size limit. A small input can turn into a disproportionate processing load.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1function expand(node) {2  return node.children.map(expand);3}

1const MAX_DEPTH = 32;2function expand(node, depth = 0) {3  if (depth > MAX_DEPTH) throw new Error("too deep");4  return node.children.map((c) => expand(c, depth + 1));5}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.