CVE DATABASE / CVE-2024-8768
CVE-2024-8768
CVSS 7.5 · HIGH
Summary
A flaw was found in the vLLM library. A completions API request with an empty prompt will crash the vLLM API server, resulting in a denial of service.
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
| Base score | 7.5 (HIGH) |
| 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 |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity | NONE |
| Availability | HIGH |
Weakness type (CWE)
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References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8768
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2311895
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/7632
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/7746
Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-15. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.