CVE-2026-90555

Affects: vLLM

CVSS: MEDIUM · 6.5v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published: 2026-09-12
Weakness: CWE-409
Source: nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90555

Description

vLLM versions before 0.28.0 fail to validate audio sample rate headers in the transcription endpoint, allowing authenticated clients to bypass duration checks. Attackers can submit forged FLAC headers with inflated sample rates to trigger excessive memory allocation and crash the API server process affecting all tenants.

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