Resource exhaustion in Vllm-project Vllm

CVE-2026-55646

vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models. From 0.22.0 to 0.23.0, the /v1/audio/transcriptions and /v1/audio/translations routes call request.file.read() to fully materialize an uploaded audio file into memory befor…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-55646?
CVE-2026-55646 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vllm-project Vllm, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-07-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-55646?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.