# CVE-2025-71379: vllm - Regular Expression Denial of Service in Multiple Components

- Also known as: GHSA-J828-28RJ-HFHP
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.9.0
- Published: 2026-06-20 · Updated: 2026-06-22

## Affected

- vllm: from 0.6.3, fixed in 0.9.0
- vllm (PyPI): from 0.6.3, fixed in 0.9.0

## Description

vLLM versions >= 0.6.3 and < 0.9.0 contain multiple regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerabilities. Several regex patterns — in vllm/lora/utils.py, the phi4mini tool parser, and the OpenAI-compatible serving chat endpoint — are susceptible to catastrophic backtracking. An attacker submitting crafted input with nested or repeated structures can trigger severe CPU consumption and performance degradation, resulting in denial of service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on vllm, upgrade to a fixed version (0.9.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-j828-28rj-hfhp
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vllm-regular-expression-denial-of-service-in-multiple-components

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