PYSEC-2026-2026
See a problem?- Import Source
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/vllm/PYSEC-2026-2026.yaml
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/PYSEC-2026-2026
- Aliases
- Published
- 2026-07-07T16:03:06.800906Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-07T17:48:17.631626364Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- vLLM is vulnerable to timing attack at bearer auth
- Details
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Summary
The API key support in vLLM performed validation using a method that was vulnerable to a timing attack. This could potentially allow an attacker to discover a valid API key using an approach more efficient than brute force.
Details
https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/4b946d693e0af15740e9ca9c0e059d5f333b1083/vllm/entrypoints/openai/api_server.py#L1270-L1274
API key validation used a string comparison that will take longer the more characters the provided API key gets correct. Data analysis across many attempts can allow an attacker to determine when it finds the next correct character in the key sequence.
Impact
Deployments relying on vLLM's built-in API key validation are vulnerable to authentication bypass using this technique.
- References
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- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-wr9h-g72x-mwhm
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59425
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/commit/ee10d7e6ff5875386c7f136ce8b5f525c8fcef48
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/4b946d693e0af15740e9ca9c0e059d5f333b1083/vllm/entrypoints/openai/api_server.py#L1270-L1274
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/releases/tag/v0.11.0
- https://pypi.org/project/vllm
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wr9h-g72x-mwhm
Affected packages
PyPI / vllm
Package
- Name
- vllm
- View open source insights on deps.dev
- Purl
- pkg:pypi/vllm
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
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Introduced0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affectedFixed0.11.0
Affected versions
0.*
0.0.1
0.1.0
0.1.1
0.1.2
0.1.3
0.1.4
0.1.5
0.1.6
0.1.7
0.2.0
0.2.1
0.2.1.post1
0.2.2
0.2.3
0.2.4
0.2.5
0.2.6
0.2.7
0.3.0
0.3.1
0.3.2
0.3.3
0.4.0
0.4.0.post1
0.4.1
0.4.2
0.4.3
0.5.0
0.5.0.post1
0.5.1
0.5.2
0.5.3
0.5.3.post1
0.5.4
0.5.5
0.6.0
0.6.1
0.6.1.post1
0.6.1.post2
0.6.2
0.6.3
0.6.3.post1
0.6.4
0.6.4.post1
0.6.5
0.6.6
0.6.6.post1
0.7.0
0.7.1
0.7.2
0.7.3
0.8.0
0.8.1
0.8.2
0.8.3
0.8.4
0.8.5
0.8.5.post1
0.9.0
0.9.0.1
0.9.1
0.9.2
0.10.0
0.10.1
0.10.1.1
0.10.2