CVE-2026-93841 vLLM through 0.29.0 Adjacent-Request Sampler State Corruption via Unvalidated Prompt Token IDs
Attackers can corrupt concurrent request sampler states via out-of-bounds writes in vLLM's Triton kernel, altering model output behavior.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-93841?
CVE-2026-93841 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Vllm Vllm, published on 18 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
vLLM through 0.29.0 contains a memory corruption vulnerability in the Triton _bincount_kernel where prompt token IDs index the penalty prompt-presence bitset without bounds checking against vocabulary size. Attackers can submit multimodal audio requests with tokens equal to vocabulary size, causing out-of-bounds writes that corrupt concurrent requests' sampler state and alter repetition penalty behavior.
Weakness: CWE-129
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-93841?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including vllm. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
vllm PyPI | All versions | 0.30.0 |
Products include Vllm Vllm.
How do I fix CVE-2026-93841?
Upgrade vllm to 0.30.0 or later.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2026-93841 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-93841 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-q9hm-g73w-q6wp, MINI-p796-rv9r-rgqj, MINI-r47v-q555-v6cw, MINI-rjr5-qrmp-jqgv, PYSEC-2026-3999.