High 7.5Published Oct 25, 2026

CVE-2026-116177vLLM 0.10.2 before 0.25.0 DoS via Nemotron-VL Processor Decompression-Bomb Guard Bypass

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 8:23 AM ET)

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vLLM from 0.10.2 before 0.25.0 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to exhaust memory because the Nemotron-VL processors globally set Image.MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS to None. Attackers can submit a pathological decompression-bomb image to /v1/chat/completions to OOM-kill the worker and deny service to co-tenants.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-400
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Oct 25, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 25, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

vllm-project vllm vllm_project:vllm (from the name)	from 0.10.2 before 0.25.0; 0.25.0 not affected	CNA record

References

References

https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-mm38-5g96-7j6x	vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vllm-0.10.2-before-0.25.0-dos-via-nemotron-vl-processor-decompression-bomb-guard-bypass	third-party-advisory

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