CVE-2026-94622 (CVSS 7.5)

Description

vLLM versions through 0.29.0 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the NIXL connector's metadata handling for prefill/decode disaggregated deployments. Attackers can send requests with incomplete kv_transfer_params dictionary entries to trigger an uncaught KeyError in EngineCore scheduling, causing the decode engine to terminate and making all routed requests fail until manual restart.

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CVSS v3.1 Score

7.5

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploit Prediction

0.0063

Probability of exploitation

0.48%

Percentile rank

EPSS estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. A higher score means more likely to be exploited.

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-248 CWE-248

References

Other References

https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/v0.29.0/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl/metadata.py#L294-L312 https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/54807 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vllm-through-0.29.0-denial-of-service-via-incomplete-nixl-kv-transfer-metadata

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-94622? +

vLLM versions through 0.29.0 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the NIXL connector's metadata handling for prefill/decode disaggregated deployments. Attackers can send requests with incomplete kv_transfer_params dictionary entries to trigger an uncaught KeyError in EngineCore scheduling, causing the decode engine to terminate and making all routed requests fail until manual restart. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2026-94622? +

CVE-2026-94622 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5 out of 10, rated HIGH. This is a high-severity vulnerability that should be prioritized for patching. The EPSS score is 0.0063, placing it in the 0th percentile for exploitation probability.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2026-94622? +

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