CVE-2026-73556

Medium

Description

vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models. Prior to 0.26.0, the structured_outputs.regex parameter in vllm/v1/structured_output/backend_lm_format_enforcer.py is passed to lmformatenforcer.RegexParser without compile_regex_with_timeout or validation in validate_structured_output_request_lm_format_enforcer, allowing an unauthenticated /v1/completions request against the lm-format-enforcer backend to consume a CPU core and stall the structured-output engine path with a catastrophic regular expression. This issue is fixed in version 0.26.0.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.3
Exploit probability—
ProductVllm
PublishedAug 13, 2026
First seenAug 13, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • vllm vllm0.26.0 or later
  • vllm0.26.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
vllm vllmv < 0.26.00.26.0
vllmPyPIv < 0.26.00.26.0

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