CVE-2025-6242
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-10-07
Last updated on: 2025-10-08
Assigner: Red Hat, Inc.
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| redhat | vllm | * |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-918 | The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in the MediaConnector class of the vLLM project's multimodal feature. It occurs because the methods load_from_url and load_from_url_async fetch and process media from user-provided URLs without properly restricting which hosts can be targeted. This flaw allows an attacker to make the vLLM server send arbitrary requests to internal network resources.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can allow an attacker to coerce the vLLM server into making unauthorized requests to internal network resources, potentially exposing sensitive internal services or data. This can lead to information disclosure, partial system compromise, or disruption of services.