# CVE-2026-27482: Ray: Dashboard DELETE endpoints allow unauthenticated browser-triggered DoS (Serve shutdown / job deletion)

- Also known as: GHSA-Q5FH-2HC8-F6RQ, PYSEC-2026-2271
- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.54.0
- Published: 2026-02-21 · Updated: 2026-02-24

## Affected

- ray-project ray: fixed in 2.54.0
- ray (PyPI): fixed in 2.54.0

## Description

Ray is an AI compute engine. In versions 2.53.0 and below, thedashboard HTTP server blocks browser-origin POST/PUT but does not cover DELETE, and key DELETE endpoints are unauthenticated by default. If the dashboard/agent is reachable (e.g., --dashboard-host=0.0.0.0), a web page via DNS rebinding or same-network access can issue DELETE requests that shut down Serve or delete jobs without user interaction. This is a drive-by availability impact. The fix for this vulnerability is to update to Ray 2.54.0 or higher.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ray-project ray, ray, upgrade to a fixed version (2.54.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ray-project/ray/security/advisories/GHSA-q5fh-2hc8-f6rq
- https://github.com/ray-project/ray/pull/60526
- https://github.com/ray-project/ray/commit/0fda8b824cdc9dc6edd763bb28dfd7d1cc9b02a4
- https://github.com/ray-project/ray/releases/tag/ray-2.54.0

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