HighVulnerabilityLLM-specific

CVE-2026-94622: vLLM denial of service through NIXL connector metadata handling

Source: NVD(opens in a new tab)
Identifier: CVE-2026-94622
Published: September 21, 2026
Record updated: October 9, 2026

Known exploitation: Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog at the last check.
EPSS: 0.6%

Summary

vLLM versions through 0.29.0 contain a denial of service flaw 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, which terminates the decode engine and makes all routed requests fail until a manual restart.

Mitigation

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

Details

Scores and exploitation

CVSS score: 7.5(high)
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector: network
Attack complexity: low
Privileges required: none
User interaction: none
EPSS: 0.6%Estimated probability that this CVE is exploited in the next 30 days, from the FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System. Read on November 9, 2026.
Disclosure date: September 21, 2026

Weaknesses and techniques

Weakness (CWE): CWE-248

Classification

Attack type: Denial of service
Attack sophistication: Trivial
AI component targeted: Inference
Impact: Availability
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-2026-94622

First tracked: September 21, 2026 at 08:10 PM ET, from NVD/CVE Database

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

Classifier confidence: 95% (self-assessed)

Topics

Inference infrastructure

Summary

Mitigation

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