{"id":"CVE-2024-8768","aliases":["GHSA-w2r7-9579-27hf","PYSEC-2026-2024"],"title":"vLLM denial of service vulnerability","summary":"vLLM denial of service vulnerability","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","vendor":"vllm","product":"vllm","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["vllm < 0.5.5"],"patched":["vllm 0.5.5"],"published":"2024-09-17","updated":"2026-07-07","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-w2r7-9579-27hf","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8768"},{"url":"https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/7632"},{"url":"https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/7746"},{"url":"https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/commit/e25fee57c2e69161bd261f5986dc5aeb198bbd42"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8768"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2311895"},{"url":"https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.00682,"epssPercentile":0.50637,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:53.516Z","slug":"CVE-2024-8768","body":"## Overview\n\nA flaw was found in the vLLM library. A completions API request with an empty prompt will crash the vLLM API server, resulting in a denial of service.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `vllm < 0.5.5`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `vllm 0.5.5`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":41,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}