CVE-2024-9053: Remote Code Execution in vllm-project/vllm

9.8 CVSS

Description

vllm-project vllm version 0.6.0 contains a vulnerability in the AsyncEngineRPCServer() RPC server entrypoints. The core functionality run_server_loop() calls the function _make_handler_coro(), which directly uses cloudpickle.loads() on received messages without any sanitization. This can result in remote code execution by deserializing malicious pickle data.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-9053

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.8

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

Affected Products

Vendor: vllm-project

Product: vllm-project/vllm

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.29% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 52.01% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-18 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9053
https://huntr.com/bounties/75a544f3-34a3-4da0-b5a3-1495cb031e09

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