Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ai (Rhel Ai)

CVE-2024-8768

A flaw was found in the vLLM library. A completions API request with an empty prompt will crash the vLLM API server, resulting in a denial of service.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.5th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 50.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-8768: held from 0.007 to 0.007.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8768?
CVE-2024-8768 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ai (Rhel Ai), classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-09-17.
How severe is CVE-2024-8768?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8768 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.