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vLLM 0.8.3 < 0.14.1 Information Disclosure (GHSA-4r2x-xpjr-7cvv)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 363842

Synopsis

The remote host has a Python package installed that is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The version of the vLLM Python package installed on the remote host is 0.8.3 prior to 0.14.1. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability. When an invalid image is sent to the vLLM multimodal endpoint, PIL throws an error that vLLM returns to the client, leaking a heap address and largely defeating ASLR. This can be chained with a heap overflow in the JPEG2000 decoder used by OpenCV/FFmpeg to achieve remote code execution, but only against deployments serving a video model.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to vLLM version 0.14.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4r2x-xpjr-7cvv

https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/releases/tag/v0.14.1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 363842

File Name: vllm_CVE-2026-22778.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Published: 10/7/2026

Updated: 10/7/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-22778

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vllm:vllm

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-22778

CWE: 209, 532