CVE-2026-116177 vLLM 0.10.2 before 0.25.0 DoS via Nemotron-VL Processor Decompression-Bomb Guard Bypass

What is CVE-2026-116177?

CVE-2026-116177 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vllm Vllm, published on 25 Oct 2026.

Official description

vLLM from 0.10.2 before 0.25.0 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to exhaust memory because the Nemotron-VL processors globally set Image.MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS to None. Attackers can submit a pathological decompression-bomb image to /v1/chat/completions to OOM-kill the worker and deny service to co-tenants.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-116177?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including vllm. It affects 1 product.

Products include Vllm Vllm.

How do I fix CVE-2026-116177?

Upgrade vllm to 0.25.0 or later.

Is CVE-2026-116177 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-116177 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2024-11041 Remote Code Execution in vllm-project/vllm Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-48746 vLLM: OpenAI auth bypass Critical 9.1

All Vllm Vllm vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-mm38-5g96-7j6x, GHSA-p9gm-63qh-x2pq, PYSEC-2026-4352.