CVE-2026-90878

vllm-project vLLM Jinja Template Rendering completions resource consumption

Published Sep 15, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A vulnerability was determined in vllm-project vLLM up to 0.27.1. This affects an unknown part of the file /v1/chat/completions of the component Jinja Template Rendering. This manipulation of the argument chat_template causes resource consumption. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability was determined in vllm-project vLLM up to 0.27.1. This affects an unknown part of the file /v1/chat/completions of the component Jinja Template Rendering. This manipulation of the argument chat_template causes resource consumption. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.
Title vllm-project vLLM Jinja Template Rendering completions resource consumption
First Time appeared Vllm-project
Vllm-project vllm
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-404
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:vllm-project:vllm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Vllm-project
Vllm-project vllm
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulDB
Published
Updated
Sep 15, 2026, 1:54 PM
Reserved
Sep 14, 2026, 7:16 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Sep 15, 2026, 5:16 AM
Modified
Sep 15, 2026, 2:37 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 15, 2026, 4:15 AM