# CVE-2026-93838: SGLang through 0.5.20 Unbounded Memory Allocation via STAGING\_REQ chunk\_idx

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-18 · Updated: 2026-09-24

## Affected

- sgl-project sglang: through 0.5.20

## Description

SGLang versions through 0.5.20 contain an unbounded memory allocation vulnerability in handle_staging_req() that fails to validate chunk_idx from ZMQ STAGING_REQ frames in prefill/decode disaggregation deployments. Attackers with access to the decode engine's internal ZMQ rank port can send a frame with an extremely large chunk_idx value, causing the scheduler to allocate memory until the system runs out and terminates the process.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang/issues/39764
- https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang
- https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang/blob/v0.5.20/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/common/staging_handler.py#L781
- https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang/blob/v0.5.20/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/common/staging_handler.py#L848-L860
- https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang/blob/v0.5.20/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/common/conn.py#L1636-L1640
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sglang-through-0.5.20-unbounded-memory-allocation-via-staging-req-chunk-idx

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