CVE-2026-48746

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.19.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This critical-severity CVE scores 9.1 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 1.2%, top 35% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
9.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 9.1Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models (LLMs). From 0.3.0 until 0.22.0, a vulnerability in ASGI web servers and starlette's trust on those web servers enables an authentication bypass of the OpenAI API AuthenticationMiddleware. It allows to use the API without providing the configured VLLM_API_KEY or --api-key. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.22.0.

CVSS v3
9.1
EG Score
9.1(medium)
EG Risk
72(Attend)
EG Risk 72/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity91% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
65%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 16, 2026

Last Modified

September 16, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Sep 15, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github_pr, github, redhat.
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42644
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42142
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42132
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36006
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36005
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30089
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30088
generic🟡 PoC Available

Advisory X41-2026-002: Request Host Header not Validated in Starlette | X41 D-Sec - Penetration Tests and Source Code Audits

https://x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2026-002-starlette
github Patch Available

OpenAI API Auth Bypass · Advisory · vllm-project/vllm · GitHub

https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-94f4-hr76-p5j6
github_pr

[Frontend] Simplify AuthenticationMiddleware path extraction

Fix merged in vllm-project/vllm PR #43426 on 2026-05-22 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/43426

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-48746(11)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(10)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatrhaiis/vllm-rocm-rhel9:17878848732026-08-31redhat
redhatrhaiis/vllm-cuda-rhel9:17878605802026-08-31redhat
redhatrhoai/odh-caikit-tgis-serving-rhel9:17830824302026-07-21redhat
redhatmta/mta-solution-server-rhel9:17841098832026-07-21redhat
redhatansible-automation-platform-26/mcp-tools-rhel9:17839206402026-07-20redhat
redhatansible-automation-platform-27/mcp-tools-rhel9:17839184032026-07-20redhat
redhatrhaiis/vllm-cuda-rhel9:17829510122026-07-06redhat
redhatrhaiis/vllm-rocm-rhel9:17829512442026-07-06redhat
redhatrhaiis/vllm-cuda-rhel9:17823528472026-06-25redhat
redhatrhaiis/vllm-rocm-rhel9:17823530932026-06-25redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
vllm0.10.0 ... 0.9.2 (68 versions)0.22.0—

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 54× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-48746?
CVE-2026-48746 is a critical vulnerability published on June 16, 2026. vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models (LLMs). From 0.3.0 until 0.22.0, a vulnerability in ASGI web servers and starlette's trust on those web servers enables an authentication bypass of the OpenAI API AuthenticationMiddleware. It allows to use the API without providing…
When was CVE-2026-48746 disclosed?
CVE-2026-48746 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 16, 2026, with the most recent update on September 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-48746 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-48746 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 34.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-48746?
CVE-2026-48746 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-48746?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-48746, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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