9.1

CVE-2026-48746

vLLM: OpenAI auth bypass

vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models (LLMs). From 0.3.0 until 0.22.0, a vulnerability in ASGI web servers and starlette's trust on those web servers enables an authentication bypass of the OpenAI API AuthenticationMiddleware. It allows to use the API without providing the configured VLLM_API_KEY or --api-key. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.22.0.
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VllmVllm Version >= 0.3.0 < 0.22.0
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.74% 0.498
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
security-advisories@github.com 9.1 3.9 5.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE-444 Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')

The product acts as an intermediary HTTP agent (such as a proxy or firewall) in the data flow between two entities such as a client and server, but it does not interpret malformed HTTP requests or responses in ways that are consistent with how the messages will be processed by those entities that are at the ultimate destination.

https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-94f4-hr76-p5j6
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/43426
Issue Tracking
https://x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2026-002-starlette
Third Party Advisory