{"id":"CVE-2026-116175","title":"vLLM 0.19.0 before 0.24.0 Audio Decompression Bomb DoS via Chat Completions","summary":"vLLM from 0.19.0 before 0.24.0 contains a decompression bomb vulnerability because the AudioMediaIO multimodal path calls load_audio without the max_duration_s decoded-duration limit. Authenticated attackers can send small compressed aud…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-409"],"vendor":"vllm-project","product":"vllm","affected":["vllm >= 0.19.0 < 0.24.0"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-10-26T15:38:38.342455Z"},"published":"2026-10-25","updated":"2026-10-26","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-26T16:43:35.143Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116175","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-r45p-7qwx-qwjw","label":"GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-r45p-7qwx-qwjw)"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vllm-0.19.0-before-0.24.0-audio-decompression-bomb-dos-via-chat-completions","label":"VulnCheck Advisory: vLLM 0.19.0 before 0.24.0 Audio Decompression Bomb DoS via Chat Completions"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-116175.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-116175"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2560417"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116175"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116175"}],"tags":["cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"epss":0.00307,"epssPercentile":0.2332,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-25T22:08:29.947Z","slug":"CVE-2026-116175","body":"## Overview\n\nvLLM from 0.19.0 before 0.24.0 contains a decompression bomb vulnerability because the AudioMediaIO multimodal path calls load_audio without the max_duration_s decoded-duration limit. Authenticated attackers can send small compressed audio via input_audio or audio_url in /v1/chat/completions requests that expands to huge decoded PCM, exhausting server memory.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `vllm >= 0.19.0 < 0.24.0`\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** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat AI Inference Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3, Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) · no fix planned: Red Hat AI Inference Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3, Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) · updated 2026-10-25 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-116175.json)","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":36,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":35.8,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}