# CVE-2026-103042: LightLLM through 1.2.0 Unauthenticated Memory Exhaustion via NCCL Control Channel set\_value

- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-29 · Updated: 2026-10-02

## Affected

- LightLLM: through 1.2.0

## Description

LightLLM through 1.2.0 contains a memory exhaustion vulnerability in the NCCL control channel when started with --pd_trans_mode nccl, allowing unauthenticated attackers to exhaust KV-transfer worker memory. Attackers can call the exposed_set_value method to store unbounded key-value pairs without size limits, causing the worker process to crash and triggering node failure.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/ModelTC/LightLLM/issues/1595
- https://github.com/ModelTC/lightllm/blob/v1.2.0/lightllm/server/router/model_infer/mode_backend/pd/nccl_kv_transporter.py#L416-L420
- https://github.com/ModelTC/lightllm/blob/v1.2.0/lightllm/server/router/model_infer/mode_backend/pd/nccl_kv_transporter.py#L474-L485
- https://github.com/ModelTC/lightllm/blob/v1.2.0/lightllm/server/router/model_infer/mode_backend/pd/base_kv_move_manager.py#L121-L122
- https://github.com/ModelTC/LightLLM
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/lightllm-through-1.2.0-unauthenticated-memory-exhaustion-via-nccl-control-channel-set-value

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