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incidents/AIR-2025-0277

CVE-2025-32444: vLLM Remote Code Execution via Mooncake Integration

Attack on AI2 Disclosed vulnerabilityInfrastructure vulnerability

vLLM instances utilizing the Mooncake integration were vulnerable to remote code execution due to insecure pickle-based serialization over ZeroMQ sockets. The sockets were bound to all interfaces, increasing exposure to network attackers.

disclosed CVENo confirmed exploitation, so this record is tracked as a disclosed vulnerability and not counted as an incident. It moves into the counts if CISA or the vendor confirms exploitation. Why

Details

type
Attack on AI
An AI model, agent or AI-powered product was the thing exploited, abused or leaked.
categories
  • Infrastructure vulnerability
    CVEs and advisories in AI frameworks, inference servers, MCP servers, AI developer tools and hosting stacks.
owasp llm top 10
mitre atlas
no technique for these categories
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
2 · Disclosed vulnerability
CVE or vendor advisory, patched or patchable, no confirmed exploitation.
targets
Framework / tooling
products
vLLM
incident date
29 Apr 2025
first reported
29 Apr 2025
origin
GitHub Advisory Database
Vulnerability record from NVD / the GitHub Advisory Database. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
classifier confidence
0.95 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
CVE-2025-32444 · rce · zeromq · pickle
record
created 2026-10-18 07:00Z · updated 2026-10-18 10:04Z · json

Sources · 2

  1. 2025-04-29
    CVE-2025-32444: vLLM Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via Mooncake Integration
    GitHub Advisory Database · github.com/advisories/GHSA-hj4w-hm2g-p6w5
  2. 2025-04-30
    CVE-2025-32444: vLLM is a high-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs.
    NVD · nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32444

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