CVE-2026-21869

HIGH

Ggml Llama.cpp - Out-of-Bounds Write

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

llama.cpp is an inference of several LLM models in C/C++. In commits 55d4206c8 and prior, the n_discard parameter is parsed directly from JSON input in the llama.cpp server's completion endpoints without validation to ensure it's non-negative. When a negative value is supplied and the context fills up, llama_memory_seq_rm/add receives a reversed range and negative offset, causing out-of-bounds memory writes in the token evaluation loop. This deterministic memory corruption can crash the process or enable remote code execution (RCE). There is no fix at the time of publication.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0041
EPSS Percentile 61.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
ggml/llama.cpp
Published Jan 08, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026