Vulnerability Description
vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models. Prior to 0.28.0, request bodies for Chat Completions and Responses can set media_io_kwargs.video.video_backend to pynvvideocodec, and MediaConnector.fetch_video forwards that choice to VideoMediaIO even when startup configuration selected a software decoder. The engine's _reserve_mm_ipc_gpu_memory logic budgets decoder memory only from static configuration, so the request-selected VIDEO_LOADER_REGISTRY backend can create a CUDA context, decoder surfaces, and decoded-frame allocations that were not removed from the engine's KV-cache budget. An attacker able to submit video requests to a video-capable GPU deployment with PyNvVideoCodec installed can exhaust shared GPU memory, causing request failures, worker crashes, or denial of service. The first release containing the fix is version 0.28.0.
CVSS Score
MEDIUM
Related Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/commit/283893c72292ede38d277e3cd2b9b64c3e4f
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/commit/ba22152096b2484faa3579624a253d54804d
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/47259
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-8pw2-6jv3-mj5j
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-8pw2-6jv3-mj5j
FAQ
What is CVE-2026-69147?
CVE-2026-69147 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models. Prior to 0.28.0, request bodies for Chat Completions and Responses can set media_io_kwargs.video.video_backend to pynvvideocodec, and...
How severe is CVE-2026-69147?
CVE-2026-69147 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 6.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-69147?
Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Review vendor security bulletins for remediation guidance.