[ CVE-2026-96560 · Published 23 Sep 2026 ]
Vulnerability in ModelTC LightLLM
CVSS 9.8
EPSS <1%No fix listed yet
[ Why it matters ]Priority signals
- Critical severity: CVSS 9.8
[ Description ]Official description
LightLLM through 1.2.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the KV-transfer worker when started with --pd_trans_mode nccl, which exposes an unauthenticated RPyC control channel that deserializes attacker-supplied data. Attackers can send malicious pickled objects to the exposed RPyC ThreadedServer to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the LightLLM service account.
[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches
No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.
[ References ]References
- github.com/ModelTC/LightLLM/issues/1590
- github.com/ModelTC/lightllm
- github.com/ModelTC/lightllm/blob/v1.2.0/lightllm/server/router/model_infer/mode_backend…
- github.com/ModelTC/lightllm/blob/v1.2.0/lightllm/server/router/model_infer/mode_backend…
- github.com/ModelTC/lightllm/blob/v1.2.0/lightllm/server/router/model_infer/mode_backend…
- github.com/ModelTC/lightllm/blob/v1.2.0/lightllm/server/router/model_infer/mode_backend…
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/lightllm-through-1.2.0-unauthenticated-remote-code-executi…