{"data":{"id":"1e7e651c-cc3f-41c3-9349-854dcebf6c0a","title":"CVE-2024-8939: A vulnerability was found in the ilab model serve component, where improper handling of the best_of parameter in the…","summary":"CVE-2024-8939 affects the ilab model serve component. Improper handling of the best_of parameter in the vllm JSON web API can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS). When best_of is set to a large value, the API does not handle timeouts or resource exhaustion properly, so an attacker can consume excessive system resources and make the API unresponsive to legitimate users.","solution":"N/A -- no mitigation discussed in source.","labels":["security"],"sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8939","publishedAt":"2024-09-17T21:15:11.327Z","cveId":"CVE-2024-8939","cweIds":["CWE-400"],"cvssScore":"6.2","cvssSeverity":"medium","severity":"medium","attackType":["denial_of_service"],"issueType":"vulnerability","affectedPackages":["vllm@<= 0.5.0.post1"],"affectedPackageNames":["vllm"],"affectedPackageRefs":["pypi:vllm"],"affectedVendors":[],"affectedVendorsRaw":["ilab model serve","vLLM"],"classifierModel":"claude-haiku-5-5","classifierPromptVersion":"v4","summaryPromptVersion":"v2","headline":"ilab model serve denial of service via best_of parameter in vllm JSON API","headlinePromptVersion":"h1","cvssVector":null,"attackVector":null,"attackComplexity":null,"privilegesRequired":null,"userInteraction":null,"exploitMaturity":"unknown","epssScore":0.00233,"epssCheckedAt":"2026-11-04T18:09:14.876Z","kevDateAdded":null,"advisoryAliases":["GHSA-wc36-9694-f9rf"],"affectedPackagesSource":"ghsa","affectedPackagesCheckedAt":"2026-10-10T03:55:14.492Z","patchAvailable":null,"disclosureDate":null,"fixReleasedAt":null,"daysToFix":null,"fixCheckedAt":null,"capecIds":["CAPEC-125","CAPEC-130"],"crossRefCount":0,"attackSophistication":"trivial","impactType":["availability"],"aiComponentTargeted":"inference","llmSpecific":true,"classifierConfidence":0.95,"researchCategory":null,"atlasIds":null,"fixes":[]}}