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CVE-2026-94627: vLLM through 0.29.0 GPU KV Cache Leak via Mooncake Transfer ID Collision

Analyzed
Published 21-09-2026Last modified 22-09-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-94627 is a high (CVSS 8.7) vulnerability in vllm-project vllm. EPSS estimates a 0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.7/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.63%
0%100%
Low · +0.18 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 21-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

vLLM Mooncake connector through 0.29.0 fails to properly manage GPU KV cache block ownership when concurrent child requests share a single transfer ID in prefill/decode disaggregated deployments. Attackers can trigger GPU memory exhaustion by submitting completion requests with multiple prompts, causing orphaned KV cache blocks to accumulate until process restart and eventually preventing legitimate requests from executing.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.63%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

49%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.18 pp

From 0.45% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Vllm1 product
Vllm-project1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links