vLLM allows clients to crash the openai server with invalid regex (vllm-project vllm)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.51 % · percentile 43 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models (LLMs). Version 0.8.0 up to but excluding 0.9.0 have a Denial of Service (ReDoS) that causes the vLLM server to crash if an invalid regex was provided while using structured output. This vulnerability is similar to GHSA-6qc9-v4r8-22xg/CVE-2025-48942, but for regex instead of a JSON schema. Version 0.9.0 fixes the issue.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-248 — Uncaught Exception
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-9hcf-v7m4-6m2j — vLLM allows clients to crash the openai server with invalid regex
- PYSEC-2025-55 — vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models (LLMs). Version 0.8.0 up to but excluding 0.9.0 have a Denial of Service (ReDoS) that causes t
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-16515
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-48943
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:vllm:vllm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 0.8.0 < 0.9.0
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| vllm-project · vllm | affected >= 0.8.0, < 0.9.0 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |