vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models (LLMs). From 0.7.0 to before 0.19.0, the VideoMediaIO.load_base64() method at vllm/multimodal/media/video.py splits video/jpeg data URLs by comma to extract individual JPEG frames, but does not enforce a frame count limit. The num_frames parameter (default: 32), which is enforced by the load_bytes() code path, is completely bypassed in the video/jpeg base64 path. An attacker can send a single API request containing thousands of comma-separated base64-encoded JPEG frames, causing the server to decode all frames into memory and crash with OOM. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.19.0.
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Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Vllm-project
Vllm-project vllm
Vendors & Products Vllm-project
Vllm-project vllm
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models (LLMs). From 0.7.0 to before 0.19.0, the VideoMediaIO.load_base64() method at vllm/multimodal/media/video.py splits video/jpeg data URLs by comma to extract individual JPEG frames, but does not enforce a frame count limit. The num_frames parameter (default: 32), which is enforced by the load_bytes() code path, is completely bypassed in the video/jpeg base64 path. An attacker can send a single API request containing thousands of comma-separated base64-encoded JPEG frames, causing the server to decode all frames into memory and crash with OOM. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.19.0.
Title vLLM Affected by Denial of Service via Unbounded Frame Count in video/jpeg Base64 Processing
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-04-06T15:38:53.201Z

Updated: 2026-04-06T18:36:31.152Z

Reserved: 2026-03-30T19:17:10.225Z

Link: CVE-2026-34755

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-06T18:36:26.827Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-04-06T16:16:36.463

Modified: 2026-04-07T13:20:11.643

Link: CVE-2026-34755

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-04-06T15:38:53Z

Links: CVE-2026-34755 - Bugzilla