3.3Low
CVE-2026-90713
A security flaw has been discovered in vllm-project vLLM up to 0.29.0. The affected element is the function TiktokenTokenizer::new of the file rust/src/text/src/backend/hf/mod.rs of the component tiktoken vocab File Handler. The manipulation results in denial of service. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.
What this means for your business
- An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
What to do
- 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 3.3 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L- CVSS v4
- 1.9
- Weakness
- CWE-404
- Assigned by
- cna@vuldb.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-09-14
- Last modified
- 2026-09-15
- Sources
- NVD
References
- https://gist.github.com/Yunzez/4b08ec3568a8cbfb120062e2558382b8
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/50954
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/51135
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90713
- https://vuldb.com/submit/918762
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403267
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403267/cti