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.
Published: 2026-08-13
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Important


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First Time appeared Vllm-project
Vllm-project vllm
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Vllm-project vllm

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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.
Title vLLM: ReDoS via structured_outputs.regex in the lm-format-enforcer backend (no compile timeout) — missed sibling of CVE-2026-55574
Weaknesses CWE-1333
CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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Vllm-project Vllm
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-14T16:52:40.458Z

Reserved: 2026-08-12T20:53:46.380Z

Link: CVE-2026-73556

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-14T16:52:34.468Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-13T15:20:17.927

Modified: 2026-08-14T17:20:33.390

Link: CVE-2026-73556

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-08-13T14:56:52Z

Links: CVE-2026-73556 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T18:15:04Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-1333

    Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

  • CWE-400

    Uncontrolled Resource Consumption