Critical severityOSV Advisory· Published Feb 2, 2026· Updated Feb 3, 2026
vLLM leaks a heap address when PIL throws an error
CVE-2026-22778
Description
vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models (LLMs). From 0.8.3 to before 0.14.1, when an invalid image is sent to vLLM's multimodal endpoint, PIL throws an error. vLLM returns this error to the client, leaking a heap address. With this leak, we reduce ASLR from 4 billion guesses to ~8 guesses. This vulnerability can be chained a heap overflow with JPEG2000 decoder in OpenCV/FFmpeg to achieve remote code execution. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.14.1.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
vllmPyPI | >= 0.8.3, < 0.14.1 | 0.14.1 |
Affected products
4- osv-coords3 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/tritonserver-backend-vllm-cuda-12.9pkg:apk/chainguard/tritonserver-backend-vllm-cuda-13.0pkg:pypi/vllm
< 25.9.0_git20260318-r0+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 25.9.0_git20260318-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 25.11-r2
- (no CPE)range: >= 0.8.3, < 0.14.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- github.com/advisories/GHSA-4r2x-xpjr-7cvvghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22778ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/31987ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/32319ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/vllm-project/vllm/releases/tag/v0.14.1ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-4r2x-xpjr-7cvvghsax_refsource_CONFIRMWEB
News mentions
1- vLLM: Six CVEs Disclosed in 21 Hours — Critical Auth Bypass, Code Execution, and GPU Memory LeaksVypr Intelligence · Jun 17, 2026