Resource exhaustion in Vllm-Project Vllm
CVE-2026-94624
vLLM through 0.29.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in P2P KV offloading when OffloadingConnector is configured with TieringOffloadingSpec and a peer-to-peer secondary tier. Attackers can supply arbitrary remote host and port values in kv_transfer_params to create unreachable peer sessions that retain ZeroMQ sockets until the context quota is exhausted, causing an uncaught ZMQError that crashes EngineCore and stops all inference.
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)
References
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (product)
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (technical-description)
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (technical-description)
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (issue-tracking, patch)
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-94624?
- CVE-2026-94624 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vllm-Project Vllm, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-09-21.
- How severe is CVE-2026-94624?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.