CVE-2025-48942 | vLLM DOS: Remotely kill vllm over http with invalid JSON schema

Exp

vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models (LLMs). In versions 0.8.0 up to but excluding 0.9.0, hitting the /v1/completions API with a invalid json_schema as a Guided Param kills the vllm server. This vulnerability is similar GHSA-9hcf-v7m4-6m2j/CVE-2025-48943, but for regex instead of a JSON schema. Version 0.9.0 fixes the issue.

Published: 2025-05-30 Last update: 2025-06-24 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-48942 is rated Exploit Available (56.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.21%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2025-48942

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-48942

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-26 0.06% 0.21% +0.15%
2 2026-02-13 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-48942

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-48942

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-48942

GHSA-6qc9-v4r8-22xg · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — vLLM DOS: Remotely kill vllm over http with invalid JSON schema

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-48942

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48942

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-48942

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vllm vllm >= 0.8.0, < 0.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:vllm:vllm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-48942

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