CVE-2026-5497
vLLM versions 0.8.0 and later are vulnerable to an Out-of-Memory (OOM) Denial of Service (DoS) attack due to unbounded frame count processing in the `VideoMediaIO.load_base64()` method. When processing `video/jpeg` data URLs, the method splits the base64 data string on commas to extract individual JPEG frames without enforcing a frame count limit. An attacker can exploit this by crafting a single API request containing thousands of comma-separated base64-encoded JPEG frames in a data URL, causing the server to decode all frames into memory and crash due to excessive memory consumption. This vulnerability is reachable via the OpenAI-compatible chat completions API and does not require authentication.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.90%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 58
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access95 % - Impacto principal
T1499.004Application or System Exploitationimpact90 %
AV:N/PR:N/UI:N indica exposición de aplicación remota sin autenticación (T1190). CWE-400/770 y descripción explícita de OOM por frames ilimitados = DoS por consumo de recursos (T1499.004).
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-400
- CWE-770
Referencias
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/commit/58ee61422169ce17e08248f8efa1e9df434fe395
- https://huntr.com/bounties/7bd92629-b396-4449-8f88-6c0092530eb4
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5497
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487813
- https://huntr.com/bounties/7bd92629-b396-4449-8f88-6c0092530eb4
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-5497.json
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