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CVE-2024-8768: Vllm: a completions api request with an empty prompt will crash the vllm api server.

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-09-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-617

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.

Affected products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI): all versions

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

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