CVE-2026-116816
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
llama.cpp b5899 before b10261 contains a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in llm_tokenizer_plamo2::build that allows attackers to corrupt heap memory via crafted GGUF models. Attackers can supply BYTE-typed token text like <0x-1> whose negative parsed value writes token ids before the bytes_ buffer during model loading, causing crashes or potential code execution.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.5
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-27 01:19:06.437000
Last modified
2026-10-27 15:59:46.587000
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"id": "CVE-2026-116816",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-10-27T01:19:06.437",
"lastModified": "2026-10-27T15:59:46.587",
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}
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"source": "[email protected]",
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"references": [
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"url": "https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/blob/b10259/src/llama-vocab.cpp#L1376-L1377",
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"url": "https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/commit/cf06ad7dfe79e7bf2934150d4fefe1ce8db05490",
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"url": "https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/26511",
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"url": "https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/tag/b10261",
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