Answer in brief
CVE-2026-93436 records a High severity (CVSS 8.7) vulnerability in vLLM through 0.29.0 Memory Exhaustion via Rejected Requests. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps vllm-project/vllm (generic), vllm-project/vllm (generic), vllm (pypi). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 8.7. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps vllm-project/vllm (generic), vllm-project/vllm (generic), vllm (pypi). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:vllm:vllm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| vllm-project/vllmgeneric | 0 | Not reported |
| vllm-project/vllmgeneric | >=0 <=0.29.0 | Not reported |
| vllmpypi | >=0 <0.30.0 | 0.30.0 |
Published upstream
Sep 17, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 29, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 17, 2026
vLLM through 0.29.0 fails to properly clean up decode-side metadata for rejected inference requests in prefill/decode disaggregated deployments. Remote attackers can submit requests with max_tokens=0 to exhaust decode-worker memory without bound until the worker restarts.
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