Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting vllm package, versions [0.22.0,0.24.0)
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- published6 Jul 2026
- disclosed6 Jul 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 6 Jul 2026
NewCVE-2026-55646 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade vllm to version 0.24.0 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 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in the request.file.read process. An attacker can exhaust system memory or cause process termination by uploading an audio file that exceeds the documented size limit, as the file is fully loaded into memory before the size check is enforced.