---
id: CVE-2026-116177
title: >-
  vLLM 0.10.2 before 0.25.0 DoS via Nemotron-VL Processor Decompression-Bomb
  Guard Bypass
summary: >-
  vLLM from 0.10.2 before 0.25.0 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption
  vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to exhaust memory because
  the Nemotron-VL processors globally set Image.MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS to None.
  Attackers …
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'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-400
vendor: vllm-project
product: vllm
affected:
  - vllm >= 0.10.2 < 0.25.0
published: '2026-10-25'
updated: '2026-10-25'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-25T13:20:17.160Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116177'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-mm38-5g96-7j6x
    label: GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-mm38-5g96-7j6x)
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vllm-0.10.2-before-0.25.0-dos-via-nemotron-vl-processor-decompression-bomb-guard-bypass
    label: >-
      VulnCheck Advisory: vLLM 0.10.2 before 0.25.0 DoS via Nemotron-VL
      Processor Decompression-Bomb Guard Bypass
tags:
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-25T22:08:29.946Z'
---

## Overview

vLLM from 0.10.2 before 0.25.0 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to exhaust memory because the Nemotron-VL processors globally set Image.MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS to None. Attackers can submit a pathological decompression-bomb image to /v1/chat/completions to OOM-kill the worker and deny service to co-tenants.

## Affected

- `vllm >= 0.10.2 < 0.25.0`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.