# CVE-2026-96560: LightLLM through 1.2.0 Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via NCCL PD RPyC Control Channel

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-23 · Updated: 2026-09-24

## Affected

- LightLLM: through 1.2.0

## Description

LightLLM through 1.2.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the KV-transfer worker when started with --pd_trans_mode nccl, which exposes an unauthenticated RPyC control channel that deserializes attacker-supplied data. Attackers can send malicious pickled objects to the exposed RPyC ThreadedServer to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the LightLLM service account.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on LightLLM, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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

## References

- https://github.com/ModelTC/LightLLM/issues/1590
- https://github.com/ModelTC/lightllm/blob/v1.2.0/lightllm/server/router/model_infer/mode_backend/pd/nccl_kv_transporter.py#L437-L461
- https://github.com/ModelTC/lightllm/blob/v1.2.0/lightllm/server/router/model_infer/mode_backend/pd/nccl_kv_transporter.py#L411-L415
- https://github.com/ModelTC/lightllm/blob/v1.2.0/lightllm/server/router/model_infer/mode_backend/pd/nccl_kv_transporter.py#L247-L249
- https://github.com/ModelTC/lightllm/blob/v1.2.0/lightllm/server/router/model_infer/mode_backend/pd/kv_transporter.py#L20-L36
- https://github.com/ModelTC/lightllm
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/lightllm-through-1.2.0-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution-via-nccl-pd-rpyc-control-channel

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