Resource exhaustion in Vllm
CVE-2026-5497
vLLM versions 0.8.0 and later are vulnerable to an Out-of-Memory (OOM) Denial of Service (DoS) attack due to unbounded frame count processing in the `VideoMediaIO.load_base64()` method. When processing `video/jpeg` data URLs, the method sp…
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.005 (42.4th 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
- Vllm
- Vllm-project Vllm-project/vllm — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-5497?
- CVE-2026-5497 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vllm, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-06-11.
- How severe is CVE-2026-5497?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.