Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity Affecting vllm package, versions [0.8.0,0.8.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-VLLM-10042526
  • published7 May 2025
  • disclosed30 Apr 2025
  • creditkexinoh, d3do-23, zhongyuan chen

Introduced: 30 Apr 2025

NewCVE-2025-46560  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-407  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade vllm to version 0.8.5 or higher.

Overview

vllm is an A high-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity through the input_processor_for_phi4mm function. An attacker can cause the application to consume excessive resources and become unresponsive by submitting specially crafted inputs with many placeholders triggering extensive computational operations.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1