Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
vllm versions 0.3.0 up to 0.22.0 have an authentication bypass in the OpenAI API server. An attacker with network access can send a crafted Host header to use the API without the configured API key. Upgrade to vllm 0.22.0. Deployments behind an RFC-conforming web server such as nginx are not affected.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.1 | Critical | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.012, the 67th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:29 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:29 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-94f4-hr76-p5j6
- OSV: GHSA-94f4-hr76-p5j6
- github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-94f4-hr76-p5j6
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48746
- github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/43426
- x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2026-002-starlette
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-48746.json
- github.com/vllm-project/vllm
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/vllm/PYSEC-2026-226.yaml
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2491581
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48746
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61629
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61627
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:43038