{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "0.29.0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "0.29.0"
              }
            ],
            "source": [
              "AFFECTED_FIELD",
              "DESCRIPTION"
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "98dff2a81d747d1dba01a47f939f48c3526d4206"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-617"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/94xxx/CVE-2026-94623.json"
  },
  "details": "vLLM through 0.29.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the NIXL connector's prefix caching implementation that fails to properly validate block counts across multi-prompt completion requests in prefill/decode disaggregated deployments. Attackers can trigger an assertion failure in NixlBaseConnectorWorker._apply_prefix_caching by submitting completion requests with multiple prompts of varying lengths, causing the decode worker to terminate and become unavailable until restarted.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-94623",
  "modified": "2026-09-23T03:30:47.531484225Z",
  "published": "2026-09-21T22:04:12.106Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/94xxx/CVE-2026-94623.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94623"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vllm-through-0.29.0-denial-of-service-via-nixl-multi-prompt-assertion-failure"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/51505"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/v0.29.0/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl/base_worker.py#L2642-L2646"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "vLLM through 0.29.0 Denial of Service via NIXL Multi-Prompt Assertion Failure"
}