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HIGH

CVE-2026-94623

CVSS v3

7.5

HIGH

EPSS Score

0.6 %

exploit probability, as of 2026-09-28

CISA KEV

No

known exploited

Exploitation

—

SSVC status

Description

vLLM through 0.29.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the NIXL connector's prefix caching implementation that fails to properly validate block counts across multi-prompt completion requests in prefill/decode disaggregated deployments. Attackers can trigger an assertion failure in NixlBaseConnectorWorker._apply_prefix_caching by submitting completion requests with multiple prompts of varying lengths, causing the decode worker to terminate and become unavailable until restarted.

Technical details

Published
2026-09-21
Last Modified
2026-09-22

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-94623?

vLLM through 0.29.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the NIXL connector's prefix caching implementation that fails to properly validate block counts across multi-prompt completion requests in prefill/decode disaggregated deployments. Attackers can trigger an assertion failure in NixlBaseConnectorWorker._apply_prefix_caching by submitting completion requests with multiple prompts of varying lengths, causing the decode worker to terminate and become unavailable until restarted.

Is CVE-2026-94623 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-94623 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.6% on 2026-09-28, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-94623?

CVE-2026-94623 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity).

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