Medium severity · published Sep 18, 2026
CVE-2026-93838
SGLang through 0.5.20 Unbounded Memory Allocation via STAGING_REQ chunk_idx
5.9
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
SGLang versions through 0.5.20 contain an unbounded memory allocation vulnerability in handle_staging_req() that fails to validate chunk_idx from ZMQ STAGING_REQ frames in prefill/decode disaggregation deployments. Attackers with access to the decode engine's internal ZMQ rank port can send a frame with an extremely large chunk_idx value, causing the scheduler to allocate memory until the system runs out and terminates the process.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SG
sglang · sgl-project
through 0.5.20 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93838
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93838
github.com
https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang
github.com
https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang/blob/v0.5.20/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/common/conn.py#L1636-L1640
github.com
https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang/blob/v0.5.20/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/common/staging_handler.py#L781
github.com
https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang/blob/v0.5.20/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/common/staging_handler.py#L848-L860
github.com
https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang/issues/39764
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sglang-through-0.5.20-unbounded-memory-allocation-via-staging-req-chunk-idx
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