# CVE-2026-93840: vLLM before 0.29.0 Cross-Request Logits Corruption via allowed\_token\_ids

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-3998
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.29.0
- Published: 2026-09-18 · Updated: 2026-09-24

## Affected

- vllm-project vllm: fixed in 0.29.0
- vllm (PyPI): fixed in 0.29.0

## Description

vLLM before 0.29.0 validates allowed_token_ids against tokenizer length instead of model output logits width in SamplingParams._validate_allowed_token_ids(). Attackers can supply token IDs above the output vocabulary that pass validation, causing LogitBiasState to corrupt GPU logits state and allow concurrent requests to sample tokens outside their allowlists.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on vllm-project vllm, vllm, upgrade to a fixed version (0.29.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/49080
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/commit/5b0e5b69ac1a3884a6479c9537789c95263cc804
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/v0.28.0/vllm/sampling_params.py#L881-L903
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/v0.28.0/vllm/v1/worker/gpu/sample/logit_bias.py#L179-L191
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vllm-before-0.29.0-cross-request-logits-corruption-via-allowed-token-ids

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