vLLM through 0.29.0 Resource Exhaustion via Ownerless Mooncake Transfer Placeholders
cve-program · CVE-2026-94625
PublishedvLLM through 0.29.0 contains a resource exhaustion vulnerability in MooncakeConnector where rejected prefill requests create ownerless transfer placeholders that are never reclaimed. Attackers can send rejected requests to exhaust sender task pools, causing valid requests to be delayed by up to 480 seconds while health checks continue returning success.
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cve-program · CVE-2026-94625
PublishedvLLM through 0.29.0 Resource Exhaustion via Ownerless Mooncake Transfer Placeholders
vLLM through 0.29.0 contains a resource exhaustion vulnerability in MooncakeConnector where rejected prefill requests create ownerless transfer placeholders that are never reclaimed. Attackers can send rejected requests to exhaust sender task pools, causing valid requests to be delayed by up to 480 seconds while health checks continue returning success.
- Source published
- 21 Sep 2026 22:04:14 UTC
- Source modified
- 23 Sep 2026 15:09:16 UTC
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- 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC
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CVSS 4.0 · 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L