CVE-2025-29783: vLLM allows remote code execution via Mooncake integration

# CVE-2025-29783: vLLM allows remote code execution via Mooncake integration

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/cve-2025-29783-vllm-allows-remote-code-execution-via-mooncak · AIR-2025-0206 · closed 2025-03-19

- Lane: Patch now
- Severity: 2 (Disclosed vulnerability)
- Fix status: Fix status unknown
- First reported: 2025-03-19
- AI role: Attack on AI
- Products: vLLM
- CVE ids: CVE-2025-29783
- CVSS: 9

## Summary

Unsafe pickle deserialization exposed over ZMQ and TCP in vLLM when configured with Mooncake allows remote code execution. A patch and advisory were issued by maintainers.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2025-03-19: CVE-2025-29783: vLLM is a high-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs. (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-29783)
- 2025-03-19: CVE-2025-29783: vLLM Allows Remote Code Execution via Mooncake Integration (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x3m8-f7g5-qhm7)

## Sources

- 2025-03-19 GitHub Advisory Database: CVE-2025-29783: vLLM Allows Remote Code Execution via Mooncake Integration https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x3m8-f7g5-qhm7
- 2025-03-19 NVD: CVE-2025-29783: vLLM is a high-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-29783

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