Description
SGLang through 0.5.21 contains a denial of service vulnerability that disables Pillow decompression bomb protection process-wide by setting Image.MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS to None in NanoNemotronVLImageProcessor. Remote attackers can submit small, highly compressed images with huge dimensions to the generic image loader, exhausting worker memory during decoding.
Published: 2026-10-12
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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Description SGLang through 0.5.21 contains a denial of service vulnerability that disables Pillow decompression bomb protection process-wide by setting Image.MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS to None in NanoNemotronVLImageProcessor. Remote attackers can submit small, highly compressed images with huge dimensions to the generic image loader, exhausting worker memory during decoding.
Title SGLang through 0.5.21 Decompression Bomb DoS via NanoNemotronVLImageProcessor
First Time appeared Lmsys
Lmsys sglang
Weaknesses CWE-409
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:lmsys:sglang:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Lmsys
Lmsys sglang
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Lmsys Sglang
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-12T14:04:32.719Z

Reserved: 2026-10-12T13:46:33.687Z

Link: CVE-2026-109229

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-12T14:17:12.257

Modified: 2026-10-12T14:17:12.377

Link: CVE-2026-109229

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-409

    Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)