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CVE-2026-116177: vLLM 0.10.2 before 0.25.0 DoS via Nemotron-VL Processor Decompression-Bomb Guard Bypass

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 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: 2026-10-25 · updated 2026-10-29
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

vLLM from 0.10.2 before 0.25.0 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to exhaust memory because the Nemotron-VL processors globally set Image.MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS to None. Attackers can submit a pathological decompression-bomb image to /v1/chat/completions to OOM-kill the worker and deny service to co-tenants.

Affected products

• vllm-project vllm: from 0.10.2 before 0.25.0 — fixed in 0.25.0
• vllm-project vllm: from 0.10.2 before 0.25.0 — fixed in 0.25.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: vllm-project vllm 0.25.0; vllm-project vllm 0.25.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-mm38-5g96-7j6x
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vllm-0.10.2-before-0.25.0-dos-via-nemotron-vl-processor-decompression-bomb-guard-bypass

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