CVE-2026-100647
vLLM versions before 0.29.0 contain a denial-of-service vulnerability in the cache_salt parameter accepted on OpenAI-compatible and Anthropic API endpoints, which lacks maximum length validation and is processed on the single EngineCore scheduler thread. Unauthenticated attackers can send HTTP requests with multi-hundred-megabyte salt values that trigger expensive pickle serialization and SHA-256 hashing, stalling the scheduler thread and denying service to all concurrent requests.
Published:Sep 26, 2026
Last Modified:Sep 28, 2026
EPS:Sep 26, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00309
CVSS Score:5.3
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Vllm
Product
Vllm
Vllm
Vllm
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
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User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
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Changed
Confidentiality
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Integrity
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High
Availability
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High
