Description
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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/7632
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/7746
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8768
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
x_refsource_redhat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2311895
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0065
EPSS Percentile
46.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-617
Status
published
Products (2)
pypi/vllm
0 - 0.5.5PyPI
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)
Published
Sep 17, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026