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vLLM DOS: Remotely kill vllm over http with invalid JSON schema
vLLM DOS: Remotely kill vllm over http with invalid JSON schema
Affected packages
- vllm— 0.8.0 → 0.9.0
Exploit signal
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- No
- EPSS score
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- EPSS percentile
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EPSS is the probability a CVE is exploited in the wild; percentile is its rank among all CVEs.
Sources
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-6qc9-v4r8-22xg
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48942
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/17248
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/17623
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/commit/08bf7840780980c7568c573c70a6a8db94fd45ff
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/vllm/PYSEC-2025-54.yaml
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm
Structured record: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6qc9-v4r8-22xg
Recommended response stack
Snyk — Scan your dependencies in CI and fix this vulnerability.→Socket — Detect malicious and compromised packages before they ship.→
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