CVE-2026-54233

vLLM: OOM Denial of Service via Audio Decompression Bomb

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 22, 2026 at 10:10 PM UTC
Updated: October 25, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorvLLM

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models (LLMs). Prior to 0.23.1rc0, vLLM's /v1/audio/transcriptions endpoint limits compressed upload size but not decoded PCM output. A 25MB OPUS file expands to ~14.9GB of float32 PCM at decode time. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.23.1rc0.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.23.1
Affected range stops below 0.23.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 0.23.1rc0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-6pr9-rp53-2pmc
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatch
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/44970

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-409

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