{"cve":"CVE-2024-8768","nvd":{"published":"2024-09-17T17:15:11.100","modified":"2026-06-17T08:23:16.037","status":"Deferred","description":"A flaw was found in the vLLM library. A completions API request with an empty prompt will crash the vLLM API server, resulting in a denial of service.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-617"],"references":["https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8768","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2311895","https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/7632","https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/7746"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:38.012257375+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-8768","score":0.00682,"percentile":0.52481,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-w2r7-9579-27hf","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-w2r7-9579-27hf","summary":"vLLM denial of service vulnerability","modified":"2026-08-07T08:12:16.854937248Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"vllm","purl":"pkg:pypi/vllm","ranges":["<0.5.5"],"fixed":["0.5.5"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-2024","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-2024","summary":"vLLM denial of service vulnerability","modified":"2026-07-07T17:48:17.610536170Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"vllm","purl":"pkg:pypi/vllm","ranges":["<0.5.5"],"fixed":["0.5.5"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}