High severity · published Oct 25, 2026
CVE-2026-116177
vLLM 0.10.2 before 0.25.0 DoS via Nemotron-VL Processor Decompression-Bomb Guard Bypass
New
7.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VL
vllm · vllm-project
0.10.2 before 0.25.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116177
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116177
github.com
https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-mm38-5g96-7j6x
www.vulncheck.com
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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