CVE-2026-54232: vllm-project vllm Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-54232 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in vllm-project vllm. EPSS estimates a 0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 22-06-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 23-06-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models (LLMs). Prior to 0.22.1, the vLLM Dockerfile is vulnerable to a dependency confusion attack through the flashinfer-jit-cache package. The package is installed from a custom index (flashinfer.ai/whl/) using --extra-index-url, but the package name was not registered on PyPI, and UV_INDEX_STRATEGY="unsafe-best-match" is set globally. An attacker who registers flashinfer-jit-cache on PyPI with version 0.6.11.post2 can execute arbitrary code as root during the Docker build and backdoor every resulting container image, enabling exfiltration of all user prompts, API credentials, and model data from production vLLM deployments This vulnerability is fixed in 0.22.1.

• CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementThe product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors.