Improper Resource Shutdown or Release Affecting vllm package, versions [0.1.0,]
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- published15 Sept 2026
- disclosed14 Sept 2026
- creditYunzez
Introduced: 14 Sep 2026
NewCVE-2026-90713 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.
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 TiktokenTokenizer::new function in the tiktoken vocab File Handler. An attacker can cause the application to become unresponsive or crash by providing specially crafted input to this function. This is only exploitable if the attacker has local access to the system.