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Advisory details: pypa / vllm/PYSEC-2026-2024
Advisory ID pypa/vllm/PYSEC-2026-2024
Aliases CVE-2024-8768
GHSA-w2r7-9579-27hf
PYSEC-2026-2024
Summary vLLM denial of service vulnerability 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.8
Risk 3.9
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/vllm/PYSEC-2026-2024.yaml
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/vllm/PYSEC-2026-2024.yaml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2311895
https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm
https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/commit/e25fee57c2e69161bd261f5986dc5aeb198bbd42
https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/7632
https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/7746
https://pypi.org/project/vllm
CVE-2024-8768 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8768
CVE-2024-8768 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8768
GHSA-w2r7-9579-27hf https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w2r7-9579-27hf
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/vllm/PYSEC-2026-2024.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/vllm/PYSEC-2026-2024.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

network

adjacent

local

physical

low

high

none

present

none

low

high

none

passive

active

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-17T18:21:27Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2024/8xxx/CVE-2024-8768.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2024-8768

View SSVC decision tree 
[{'Exploitation': 'poc'},
 {'Automatable': 'yes'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]