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CVE-2024-11041
published 2025-03-20

CVE-2024-11041: vllm-project vllm version v0.6.2 contains a vulnerability in the MessageQueue.dequeue() API function. The function uses pickle.loads to parse received sockets…

PriorityP264critical9.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.41%
69.3th percentile
vllm-project vllm version v0.6.2 contains a vulnerability in the MessageQueue.dequeue() API function. The function uses pickle.loads to parse received sockets directly, leading to a remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this by sending a malicious payload to the MessageQueue, causing the victim's machine to execute arbitrary code.

Affected

3 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
vllm-projectvllm-project_vllmunspecified – latest
vllmvllm
vllmvllm0 – 0.6.2

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • Monitor for use of pickle.loads() on data received from network sockets within the vllm MessageQueue.dequeue() function, which is the vulnerable code path for CVE-2024-11041.
  • Flag any inbound network payloads delivered to the vllm MessageQueue API endpoint; a malicious pickle payload sent to MessageQueue.dequeue() will trigger arbitrary code execution on the receiving host.
  • Audit vllm-project/vllm deployments at version v0.6.2 specifically; this is the confirmed vulnerable version.
  • ·No mitigation is currently available from Red Hat that meets their deployment/ease-of-use criteria; affected RHEL AI packages (instructlab-intel-rhel9, instructlab-nvidia-rhel9, and several bootc variants) remain exposed until a fix is released.
  • ·The vulnerability is present in the MessageQueue.dequeue() function due to improper use of pickle.loads on untrusted socket data; any vllm deployment exposing this API to untrusted network input is at risk.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vendor_redhat9.8CRITICAL
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