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{"bugzilla": {"description": "vllm: Denial of Service in vllm-project/vllm", "id": "2353624", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2353624"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "7.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-400", "details": ["vllm-project vllm version 0.5.2.2 is vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks. The issue occurs in the 'POST /v1/completions' and 'POST /v1/embeddings' endpoints. For 'POST /v1/completions', enabling 'use_beam_search' and setting 'best_of' to a high value causes the HTTP connection to time out, with vllm ceasing effective work and the request remaining in a 'pending' state, blocking new completion requests. 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Supplying invalid inputs to POST /v1/embeddings results in a background loop failure, causing all further requests to return a 500 HTTP error until the vLLM is restarted."], "mitigation": {"lang": "en:us", "value": "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability."}, "name": "CVE-2024-11040", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:1", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "rhelai1/bootc-amd-rhel9", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:1", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "rhelai1/bootc-aws-nvidia-rhel9", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:1", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "rhelai1/bootc-azure-amd-rhel9", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:1", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "rhelai1/bootc-azure-nvidia-rhel9", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:1", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "rhelai1/bootc-gcp-nvidia-rhel9", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:1", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "rhelai1/bootc-ibm-nvidia-rhel9", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:1", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "rhelai1/bootc-intel-rhel9", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:1", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "rhelai1/bootc-nvidia-rhel9", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:1", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "rhelai1/instructlab-amd-rhel9", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:1", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "rhelai1/instructlab-intel-rhel9", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:1", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "rhelai1/instructlab-nvidia-rhel9", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:1", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "rhelai1/ui-rhel9", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)"}], "public_date": "2025-03-20T10:10:55Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11040\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11040\nhttps://huntr.com/bounties/8ce20bbe-3c96-4cd1-97e5-25a5630925be"], "statement": "No Red Hat products are affected by this vulnerability.\nThis vulnerability marked as high severity rather than moderate due to its direct impact on availability and service reliability. 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