CVE-2025-32444 json
vLLM Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via Mooncake Integration
published 2025-04-29 18 mo ago modified 2026-08-07 3 mo ago also EUVD-2025-12670 , GHSA-hj4w-hm2g-p6w5 , PYSEC-2025-42
- cvss
- 10.0
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.8%
- EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
vLLM is a high-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs. Versions starting from 0.6.5 and prior to 0.8.5, having vLLM integration with mooncake, are vulnerable to remote code execution due to using pickle based serialization over unsecured ZeroMQ sockets. The vulnerable sockets were set to listen on all network interfaces, increasing the likelihood that an attacker is able to reach the vulnerable ZeroMQ sockets to carry out an attack. vLLM instances that do not make use of the mooncake integration are not vulnerable. This issue has been patched in version 0.8.5.
Patch / fix
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2025-32444 updated cvss 10.0
vllm: vLLM Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via Mooncake Integration
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) rhelai1/ui-rhel9, rhelai1/bootc-amd-rhel9, rhelai1/bootc-intel-rhel9, rhelai1/bootc-nvidia-rhel9, rhelai1/bootc-azure-amd-rhel9, rhelai1/instructlab-amd-rhel9, +6 morenot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 18 mo ago
Exploit prediction
1.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- github.com https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-hj4w-hm2g-p6w5 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| OSV | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | vllm | >=0.6.5, <0.8.5 |
0.8.5 |
Affected products
- vllm-project vllm
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data
References
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github.com
/vllm-project/vllm/commit/a5450f11c95847cf51a17207af9a3ca5ab569b2c
web, patch
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github.com
/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-hj4w-hm2g-p6w5
web, exploit, vendor-advisory, advisory, evidence
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github.com
/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-x3m8-f7g5-qhm7
web, not-applicable, advisory
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github.com
/vllm-project/vllm/blob/32b14baf8a1f7195ca09484de3008063569b43c5/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_pipe/mooncake
web, product
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32444
advisory
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github.com
/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/vllm/PYSEC-2025-42.yaml
web
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github.com
/vllm-project/vllm
package
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github.com
/advisories/GHSA-hj4w-hm2g-p6w5
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-32444
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-hj4w-hm2g-p6w5
- NVD CVE-2025-32444
- OSV PYSEC-2025-42
Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.
CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.