Deserialization of untrusted data in vLLM - CVE-2025-30165

 

Deserialization of untrusted data in vLLM - CVE-2025-30165

Published: January 9, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU121143
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-30165
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: vLLM
Affected software:
vLLM

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data in multi-node cluster configuration within the V0 engine. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-30165

Install updates from vendor's website.

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