PYSEC-2026-4198: vLLM: Flash late-interaction scoring caches query embeddings under a caller-controlled request id — cross-request integrity break and induced errors on `/score` and `/rerank`

Published Oct 5, 2026
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Updated

vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models. Prior to 0.30.0, flash late-interaction scoring at the /score and /rerank endpoints derives each worker's querykey value from the caller-controlled X-Request-Id header. A concurrent request that reuses a victim's identifier can overwrite the cached query embedding so the victim's documents are scored against the attacker's query, and shared use counters can also cause a late-interaction cache-miss error. This issue is fixed in version 0.30.0.

Affected Software

1 affected component
vllm vllm<0.30.0

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade vLLM to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.30.0

Event History

Oct 5, 2026
CVE Published
via OSV·10:47 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·10:47 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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