Resource exhaustion in Vllm-project Vllm

CVE-2025-48956

vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models (LLMs). From 0.1.0 to before 0.10.1.1, a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability can be triggered by sending a single HTTP GET request with an extremely large header to an HTT…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.003 (54.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-48956?
CVE-2025-48956 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vllm-project Vllm, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2025-48956?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-48956 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.