# CVE-2026-105192: LMCache Unauthenticated RCE in multiprocess mode via pickle deserialization

- Also known as: GHSA-W5F2-9Q9C-FF4H
- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 0.5.6
- Published: 2026-10-07 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Affected

- lmcache: from 0.3.9, fixed in 0.5.6
- lmcache (PyPI): from 0.3.9, fixed in 0.5.6

## Description

LMCache multiprocess mode, also called distributed mode, opens an unauthenticated ZeroMQ ROUTER so worker processes can register and share KV cache blocks. Messages on that socket are msgpack. Extension code 1 is passed to DeviceIPCWrapper.Deserialize, which calls pickle.loads, while the server is still decoding request arguments and before the handler runs. A single unauthenticated ZMQ DEALER message to the transport port (default 5555) therefore executes code as the user the LMCache process runs as. Official container images run that process as root. The transport binds to localhost unless the operator sets a routable address with --host, which is how multi-node deployments let peers connect. The decode path shipped in v0.3.9 and is present through v0.5.5, including the v0.5.6 release candidates. v0.5.6, published on 2026-10-14, removes pickle.loads from this path.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on lmcache, upgrade to a fixed version (0.5.6) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/LMCache/LMCache
- https://pypi.org/project/lmcache/
- https://github.com/LMCache/LMCache/blob/v0.5.5/lmcache/v1/platform/base/ipc_wrapper.py
- https://github.com/LMCache/LMCache/blob/v0.3.9/lmcache/v1/multiprocess/custom_types.py
- https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/lmcache-is-vulnerable-to-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution-via-pickle-deserialization-on-the-multiprocess-zmq-transport-cve-2026-105192-jfsa-2026-001694382/
- https://blog.lmcache.ai/en/2026/10/13/an-update-on-cve-2026-105192/
- https://github.com/LMCache/LMCache/security/advisories/GHSA-w5f2-9q9c-ff4h
- https://github.com/LMCache/LMCache/pull/5644
- https://github.com/LMCache/LMCache/releases/tag/v0.5.6
- https://github.com/LMCache/LMCache/pull/5684
- https://github.com/LMCache/LMCache/pull/5685
- https://github.com/rxsklife/CVE-2026-105192

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