# CVE-2026-105755: vLLM: Flash late-interaction scoring caches query embeddings under a caller-controlled request id — cross-request integrity break and induced errors on \`/score\` and \`/rerank\`

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-4198, GHSA-2PHQ-3PHC-84PX
- Severity: CVSS 4.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 030.0, 0.30.0
- Published: 2026-10-05 · Updated: 2026-10-06

## Affected

- vllm-project vllm: fixed in 030.0
- vllm (PyPI): fixed in 0.30.0

## Description

vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models. Prior to 0.30.0, flash late-interaction scoring at the /score and /rerank endpoints derives each worker's query_key value from the caller-controlled X-Request-Id header. A concurrent request that reuses a victim's identifier can overwrite the cached query embedding so the victim's documents are scored against the attacker's query, and shared use counters can also cause a late-interaction cache-miss error. This issue is fixed in version 0.30.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on vllm-project vllm, vllm, upgrade to a fixed version (030.0, 0.30.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-2phq-3phc-84px
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/51445
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/commit/ee17d0d869203ef9a35ad73358a4987bba14b1fc
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/releases/tag/v0.30.0

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