CVE-2024-8768 (GCVE-0-2024-8768)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-17 16:20 – Updated: 2025-11-20 07:34
VLAI?
Title
Vllm: a completions api request with an empty prompt will crash the vllm api server.
Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
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References
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Affected: 0 , < 0.5.5 (custom)
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