vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models. Prior to 0.24.0, the input_audio handling path for /v1/chat/completions calls AudioMediaIO.load_bytes or AudioMediaIO.load_file without passing VLLM_MAX_AUDIO_DECODE_DURATION_S to the shared audio decoder. An unauthenticated client can therefore submit a small compressed audio input that expands into a very large float32 PCM allocation, bypassing the duration guard already used by /v1/audio/transcriptions and causing an out-of-memory worker crash. Inline data URLs reach this path without being bounded by VLLM_AUDIO_FETCH_TIMEOUT. The issue affects deployments serving an audio-capable model, and authentication changes only the deployment-specific reachability. This issue is fixed in version 0.24.0.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/commit/3d20275bb4d434f53055c3c0b645fd8bb072965e | Patch |
| https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/45908 | Issue Tracking Patch |
| https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/releases/tag/v0.24.0 | Release Notes |
| https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-hcwq-8wjf-3gcr | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
07 Oct 2026, 14:24
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:vllm:vllm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| References | () https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/commit/3d20275bb4d434f53055c3c0b645fd8bb072965e - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/45908 - Issue Tracking, Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/releases/tag/v0.24.0 - Release Notes | |
| References | () https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-hcwq-8wjf-3gcr - Vendor Advisory |
16 Sep 2026, 17:17
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Information
Published : 2026-09-16 17:17
Updated : 2026-10-07 14:24
NVD link : CVE-2026-57173
Mitre link : CVE-2026-57173
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-57173
JSON object : View
Products Affected
vllm
- vllm
CWE
CWE-770
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
