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CVE-2026-105756: vLLM: Loose `cache_salt` validation lets a single request kill EngineCore on LMCache-MP deployments — uncaught downstream `ValueError` denial of service

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-05 · updated 2026-10-08
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models. Prior to 0.30.0, OpenAI-compatible request models accept a non-empty cache_salt value without enforcing the character and length restrictions required by the IPCCacheServerKey consumer in LMCache-MP. On deployments using the LMCache-MP connector, a salt that contains a forbidden character or exceeds the permitted length can raise an uncaught ValueError during scheduler cache lookup, causing EngineCore to terminate and denying service to all concurrent users. This issue is fixed in version 0.30.0.

Affected products

• vllm-project vllm: before 0.30.0 — fixed in 0.30.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: vllm-project vllm 0.30.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/commit/e962733e08d10f7ca65dac4df99e116460b8b174
• https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/51444
• https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/releases/tag/v0.30.0
• https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-2823-qmq8-rwvj

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