CVE-2026-57173

MEDIUM CVSS 3.1: 6.5 EPSS 0.73%
Updated Oct 07, 2026
Vllm-Project
Parameter Value
CVSS 6.5 (MEDIUM)
Affected Versions before 0.24.0
Fixed In 0.24.0
Type CWE-770 (Allocation Without Limits)
Vendor Vllm-Project
Public PoC No

vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models. Prior to 0.24.0, the input_audio handling path for /v1/chat/completions calls AudioMediaIO.load_bytes or AudioMediaIO.load_file without passing VLLM_MAX_AUDIO_DECODE_DURATION_S to the shared audio decoder. An unauthenticated client can therefore submit a small compressed audio input that expands into a very large float32 PCM allocation, bypassing the duration guard already used by /v1/audio/transcriptions and causing an out-of-memory worker crash.

Inline data URLs reach this path without being bounded by VLLM_AUDIO_FETCH_TIMEOUT. The issue affects deployments serving an audio-capable model, and authentication changes only the deployment-specific reachability. This issue is fixed in version 0.24.0.

Attack Parameters

Attack Vector
Network
Can be exploited remotely
Attack Complexity
Low
Easy to exploit
Privileges Required
Low
Basic privileges needed
User Interaction
None
No user interaction needed

Impact Assessment

Confidentiality
None
No data leak
Integrity
None
No data modification
Availability
High
Complete denial of service

CVSS Vector v3.1

Vulnerable Products 1

Configuration From (including) Up to (excluding)
Vllm Vllm
cpe:2.3:a:vllm:vllm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
— 0.24.0