CVE-2026-9540

vllm-project vllm OpenAI-compatible Serving Path denial of service

Assigner: VulDB
Reserved: 26.05.2026 Published: 26.05.2026 Updated: 26.05.2026

A vulnerability was identified in vllm-project vllm 0.19.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component OpenAI-compatible Serving Path. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CVSS Score: 6.9

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	Low	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CVSS Score: 5.3

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CVSS Score: 5.3

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.0

CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR
CVSS Score: 5

Access Vector	Network	Confidentiality Impact	None
Access Complexity	Low	Integrity Impact	None
Authentication	None	Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS 2.0

Product Status

Vendor	vllm-project
Product	vllm
Versions	Version 0.19.0 is affected

Vendor

vllm-project

Product

vllm

Versions

Version 0.19.0 is affected

Credits

Zyz3366 (VulDB User) reporter
VulDB CNA Team coordinator

References

Problem Types