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CVE-2025-6242: vLLM SSRF in MediaConnector via load_from_url methods

Source: NVD(opens in a new tab)
Identifier: CVE-2025-6242
Published: October 7, 2025
Record updated: October 9, 2026

Affected: vllm >= 0.5.0, < 0.11.0
Fixed in: 0.11.0
released October 3, 2025, 4 days before disclosure
Known exploitation: Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog at the last check.
EPSS: 0.3%

Summary

CVE-2025-6242 is a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) flaw in the MediaConnector class of the vLLM project's multimodal feature set. The load_from_url and load_from_url_async methods fetch and process media from user-provided URLs without adequate restrictions on target hosts, letting an attacker make the vLLM server send arbitrary requests to internal network resources. The weakness is classified as CWE-918, and NVD has not yet provided an assessment.

Mitigation

The source does not state a fix yet. Check the original advisory for updates.

Details

Scores and exploitation

CVSS score: 7.1(high)
Patch available: Yes
EPSS: 0.3%Estimated probability that this CVE is exploited in the next 30 days, from the FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System. Read on November 4, 2026.

Weaknesses and techniques

Weakness (CWE): CWE-918
Attack pattern (CAPEC): CAPEC-664

Affected

Packages: vllm@>= 0.5.0, < 0.11.0 (fixed: 0.11.0)

Classification

Attack type: Other
Attack sophistication: Moderate
AI component targeted: Inference
Impact: Confidentiality,
Integrity
Labels: security

How this record was produced

Summaries, mitigations and labels on this page are generated automatically from the source. The linked source is authoritative. The source gives this advisory a description and no title, so the title above is a headline generated from the source text.

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6242

First tracked: February 15, 2026 at 08:44 PM ET, from NVD/CVE Database

Classifier: claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v4

Classifier confidence: 90% (self-assessed)

Affected packages in the Exposure Registry

Matched by package name and ecosystem. Each entry shows whether the package delegates to a language model and how many tracked packages depend on it.

vllmPyPILLM dependency since 2023-08-25 · 15 tracked dependents

Topics

Inference infrastructure

Summary

Mitigation

Affected packages in the Exposure Registry

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