{"id":"CVE-2026-90713","title":"A security flaw has been discovered in vllm-project vLLM up to 0.29.0","summary":"A security flaw has been discovered in vllm-project vLLM up to 0.29.0. The affected element is the function TiktokenTokenizer::new of the file rust/src/text/src/backend/hf/mod.rs of the component tiktoken vocab File Handler. The manipula…","severity":"low","cvss":3.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","cwe":["CWE-404","CWE-770"],"vendor":"vllm-project","product":"vLLM","affected":["vLLM 0.1","vLLM 0.2","vLLM 0.3","vLLM 0.4","vLLM 0.5","vLLM 0.6","vLLM 0.7","vLLM 0.8","vLLM 0.9","vLLM 0.10","vLLM 0.11","vLLM 0.12","vLLM 0.13","vLLM 0.14","vLLM 0.15","vLLM 0.16","vLLM 0.17","vLLM 0.18","vLLM 0.19","vLLM 0.20","vLLM 0.21","vLLM 0.22","vLLM 0.23","vLLM 0.24","vLLM 0.25","vLLM 0.26","vLLM 0.27","vLLM 0.28","vLLM 0.29.0"],"published":"2026-09-14","updated":"2026-09-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-15T14:17:33.490","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90713","references":[{"url":"https://gist.github.com/Yunzez/4b08ec3568a8cbfb120062e2558382b8","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/50954","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/51135","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90713","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/submit/918762","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/403267","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/403267/cti","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-90713.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-90713"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2533014"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90713"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90713"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","exploit-available","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"exploitAvailable":true,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-15T13:42:11.312446Z"},"epss":0.00153,"epssPercentile":0.04822,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-14T15:23:07.453Z","slug":"CVE-2026-90713","body":"## Overview\n\nA security flaw has been discovered in vllm-project vLLM up to 0.29.0. The affected element is the function TiktokenTokenizer::new of the file rust/src/text/src/backend/hf/mod.rs of the component tiktoken vocab File Handler. The manipulation results in denial of service. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Low · affected: Exploit Intelligence, Lightspeed Core, Migration Toolkit for Applications 8, OpenShift Lightspeed, Red Hat AI Inference Server, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, … · no fix planned: Exploit Intelligence, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, Lightspeed Core, Migration Toolkit for Applications 8, … · updated 2026-09-15 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-90713.json)","depth":"twilight","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":18.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":203634,"id":"CVE-2026-90713","ts":1789483131924,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}