CVE-2026-55514
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
vLLM is a library for LLM inference and serving. From 0.12.0 to before 0.24.0, sending a pure prompt embeds payload in a /v1/completions request with a model using M-RoPE causes EngineCore to fail an assertion and fatally crash, shutting down the entire server application. Any remote user who is authorized to make a /v1/completions request can make such a request and induce a crash. This issue is fixed in version 0.24.0.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.1
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-06 21:16:57.207000
Last modified
2026-10-25 20:10:00.147000
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