vllm-project vLLM up to 0.23.x Rust gRPC Generate/GenerateStream service prompt.token_ids input validation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in vllm-project vLLM up to 0.23.x. This affects the function Generate/GenerateStream of the component Rust gRPC Generate/GenerateStream service. Such manipulation of the argument prompt.token_ids leads to input validation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-116174. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in vllm-project vLLM up to 0.23.x. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function Generate/GenerateStream of the component Rust gRPC Generate/GenerateStream service. The manipulation of the argument prompt.token_ids with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

vLLM from 0.22.0 before 0.24.0 contains an improper input validation vulnerability in the Rust gRPC Generate and GenerateStream service that forwards unchecked prompt token IDs to EngineCore. Attackers can submit requests with out-of-vocabulary prompt.token_ids values to trigger a fatal embedding lookup failure that terminates EngineCore and leaves the server unhealthy.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-116174 since 10/25/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 0.24.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Project Management Software

Vendor

• vllm-project

Name

• vLLM

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12
• 0.13
• 0.14
• 0.15
• 0.16
• 0.17
• 0.18
• 0.19
• 0.20
• 0.21
• 0.22
• 0.23

Website

• Product: https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/

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