CVE-2026-116179

Q: How do I fix CVE-2026-116179?

Upgrade vllm to 0.31.0 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2026-116179 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-116179 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.32% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 25% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2026-116179?

CVE-2026-116179 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2026-116179 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for vllm (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

vLLM from 0.18.0 before 0.31.0 contains a resource exhaustion vulnerability that allows API clients to bypass the video/jpeg frame-count cap by overriding num_frames through media_io_kwargs. Attackers can set num_frames to -1 with a large inline video so VideoMediaIO.load_base64 decodes every frame, exhausting memory and crashing the API frontend.

CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

How to fix

Remediation Available

vllmNVD

Affected:>= 0.18.0, < 0.31.0Fixed in:0.31.0CVE-2026-116179derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.32%probability of exploitation in 30 days

25thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 25% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory1

vulncheck.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-50387	High	7.5	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11478	Medium	5.3	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11479	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-27316	High	7.5	91%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-30522	High	7.5	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-9515	High	7.5	87%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2026-116179?

Upgrade vllm to 0.31.0 or later.

Is CVE-2026-116179 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-116179 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.32% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 25% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2026-116179?

CVE-2026-116179 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2026-116179 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for vllm (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-10-28.