CVE-2026-94625(vllm / vllm)

LOWCVSS 6.9 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

vLLM through 0.29.0 contains a resource exhaustion vulnerability in MooncakeConnector where rejected prefill requests create ownerless transfer placeholders that are never reclaimed. Attackers can send rejected requests to exhaust sender task pools, causing valid requests to be delayed by up to 480 seconds while health checks continue returning success.

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0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Patch / fix

https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/51236

Vendor / third-party advisories

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vllm-through-0.29.0-resource-exhaustion-via-ownerless-mooncake-transfer-placeholders

Other references

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-772

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

vllm

Threat summary

1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors

vllm

Products

vllm

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d

Referenced assets1 URL

By indicator

https://www.valtersit.com/cve/CVE-2026-94625

Full discourse1 post

Hugo | DevOps | Cybersecurity 🇱🇻@HugoValters16h
CVE-2026-94625: vLLM through 0.29.0 DoS in MooncakeConnector. Rejected prefill requests leak ownerless placeholders, exhausting sender task pools. Valid requests delayed up to 480s while health checks still pass. CVSS 5.3, https://www.valtersit.com/cve/CVE-2026-94625 #CVE #infosec #vLLM #Mooncakeconnector #CVEALERT #CVE #infosec #Linux #XSS #valtersit #snippet #SysAdmin #cybersecurity #devsecops #devops #developer #100daysofcode #git #github #gitlab #redteam #blueteam #ethicalhacker #cybersecurityawareness #cybersecuritynews #cybersecuritytips #python #hacker #kali #ubuntu #debian #docker
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Part	Vendor	Product	Version	Target SW	Target HW
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