SCA: security update for vllm (GHSA-x368-4g9h-fvv4)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 441290

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- A vulnerability was found in vllm up to 0.19.0. The affected element is the function has_mamba_layers of
the file vllm/v1/kv_cache_interface.py of the component KV Block Handler. Performing a manipulation
results in uninitialized resource. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The attack is
considered to have high complexity. The exploitability is described as difficult. The exploit has been
made public and could be used. The patch is named 1ad67864c0c20f167929e64c875f5c28e1aad9fd. To fix this
issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch. (CVE-2026-7141)

Solution

Update the vllm library and its related packages to version 0.19.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x368-4g9h-fvv4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 441290

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/6/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

Percentile: 57.57

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-7141

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-7141

cwe: CWE-908