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created 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Vllm: denials of service in vllm json web api

A vulnerability was found in the ilab model serve component, where improper handling of the best_of parameter in the vllm JSON web API can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS). The API used for LLM-based sentence or chat completion accepts a best_of parameter to return the best completion from several options. When this parameter is set to a large value, the API does not handle timeouts or resource exhaustion properly, allowing an attacker to cause a DoS by consuming excessive system resources. This leads to the API becoming unresponsive, preventing legitimate users from accessing the service.

Affected products

vllm
  • <0.5.0.post1
rhelai1/bootc-nvidia-rhel9
rhelai1/instructlab-nvidia-rhel9

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High-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs

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