CVE-2024-8768
Vllm: a completions api request with an empty prompt will crash the vllm api server.
At a glance
- Severity
- HIGH 7.5
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.68 % · percentile 52 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
A flaw was found in the vLLM library. A completions API request with an empty prompt will crash the vLLM API server, resulting in a denial of service.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
Advisories
- GHSA-w2r7-9579-27hf — vLLM denial of service vulnerability
- PYSEC-2026-2024 — vLLM denial of service vulnerability
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-2882
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2024-8768
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| vllm | affected 0 < 0.5.5 |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8768
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2311895
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/7632
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/7746
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |