Improper Resource Shutdown or Release Affecting vllm package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.06% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-VLLM-16887889
  • published27 May 2026
  • disclosed26 May 2026
  • creditYunzez

Introduced: 26 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-9540  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-404  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for vllm.

Overview

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

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Resource Shutdown or Release via the OpenAI-compatible Serving Path component. An attacker can cause the service to become unavailable by sending specially crafted requests remotely.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1