# CVE-2026-119052: llama.cpp b2877 before b11935 ggml-rpc Server DoS via Oversized recv\_msg Length

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-112818, GHSA-RR32-94XQ-HRXW
- 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=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: b11935
- Published: 2026-10-29 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Summary

The llama.cpp software's RPC server component (ggml-rpc, used via rpc-server) is affected. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send an oversized message to crash the server process, causing a denial of service for all connected clients.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- ggml-org llama.cpp: from b2877, fixed in b11935

## Description

llama.cpp b2877 before b11935 contains an uncaught exception vulnerability in the ggml-rpc server that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the rpc-server by sending oversized message lengths. After the HELLO handshake, attackers can send a command such as SET_TENSOR with a length above std::vector::max_size(), triggering an uncaught std::length_error that aborts the process and denies service to all clients.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ggml-org llama.cpp, upgrade to a fixed version (b11935) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/31204
- https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/commit/7ecb57f7adbea2928aa468ad2aecf05b10725ad4
- https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp
- https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/tag/b11935
- https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/blob/8542e94350f0ade01644db6f1d1520da3814dafd/ggml/src/ggml-rpc/ggml-rpc.cpp#L344-L356
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/llama-cpp-b2877-before-b11935-ggml-rpc-server-dos-via-oversized-recv-msg-length

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