CVE-2026-90713
lowA security flaw has been discovered in vllm-project vLLM up to 0.29.0.
A security flaw has been discovered in vllm-project vLLM up to 0.29.0. The affected element is the function TiktokenTokenizer::new of the file rust/src/text/src/backend/hf/mod.rs of the component tiktoken vocab File Handler. The manipulation results in denial of service. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.
CVSS
3.3
3.3 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (cna@vuldb.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-14 13:19
Modified: 2026-09-15 14:17
NVD status: Deferred
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:52 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://gist.github.com/Yunzez/4b08ec3568a8cbfb120062e2558382b8 cna@vuldb.com
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/ cna@vuldb.com
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/50954 cna@vuldb.com
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/51135 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90713 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/submit/918762 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403267 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403267/cti cna@vuldb.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:52 UTC · record ↗