---
id: CVE-2026-24779
title: vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models (LLMs)
summary: >-
  vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models (LLMs).
  Prior to version 0.14.1, a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability
  exists in the `MediaConnector` class within the vLLM project's multimodal
  feature set. …
severity: high
cvss: 7.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-918
vendor: vllm
product: vllm
affected:
  - vllm < 0.14.1
patched:
  - vllm 0.14.1
published: '2026-01-27'
updated: '2026-06-30'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24779'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/commit/f46d576c54fb8aeec5fc70560e850bed38ef17d7
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/32746'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-qh4c-xf7m-gxfc
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10184'
    label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19712'
    label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30087'
    label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30088'
    label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30089'
    label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3461'
    label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3462'
    label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3782'
    label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-24779'
    label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2433624'
    label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-24779.json
    label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24779'
  - url: 'https://pypi.org/project/vllm'
  - url: 'https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/vllm/PYSEC-2026-2020.yaml
  - url: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qh4c-xf7m-gxfc'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42644'
tags:
  - nvd
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.0055
epssPercentile: 0.4491
ingestedAt: '2026-06-30T17:40:12.478Z'
aliases:
  - GHSA-qh4c-xf7m-gxfc
  - PYSEC-2026-2020
ecosystem: pip
---

## Overview

vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models (LLMs). Prior to version 0.14.1, a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in the `MediaConnector` class within the vLLM project's multimodal feature set. The load_from_url and load_from_url_async methods obtain and process media from URLs provided by users, using different Python parsing libraries when restricting the target host. These two parsing libraries have different interpretations of backslashes, which allows the host name restriction to be bypassed. This allows an attacker to coerce the vLLM server into making arbitrary requests to internal network resources. This vulnerability is particularly critical in containerized environments like `llm-d`, where a compromised vLLM pod could be used to scan the internal network, interact with other pods, and potentially cause denial of service or access sensitive data. For example, an attacker could make the vLLM pod send malicious requests to an internal `llm-d` management endpoint, leading to system instability by falsely reporting metrics like the KV cache state. Version 0.14.1 contains a patch for the issue.

## Affected

- `vllm < 0.14.1`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `vllm 0.14.1`

## Package advisory (CVE-2026-24779)

Affected packages:

- `vllm < 0.14.1`

Patched in:

- `vllm 0.14.1`

Source: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-qh4c-xf7m-gxfc