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CVE-2026-43628

HIGH
High
EPSS 0.20%Aug 7, 2026

Integer underflow in llama.cpp DRY sampler enables remote DoS and token-sampling corruption.

common questions

Is CVE-2026-43628 being exploited?

Not confirmed. CVE-2026-43628 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.20% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How severe is CVE-2026-43628?

CVE-2026-43628 is rated High. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.

Is there a patch for CVE-2026-43628?

Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-43628, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.

What does CVE-2026-43628 affect?

CVE-2026-43628 affects llama.cpp builds b3978–b9058, Servers exposing /v1/completions, Servers exposing /v1/chat/completions, Self-hosted LLM inference endpoints. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.

What should I do about CVE-2026-43628?

Apply vendor patch when released; restrict/require auth on inference endpoints and validate dry_allowed_length.

Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.

executive summary
technical analysis
affected
llama.cpp builds b3978–b9058Servers exposing /v1/completionsServers exposing /v1/chat/completionsSelf-hosted LLM inference endpoints
impact

Unauthenticated HTTP request with dry_allowed_length=INT32_MIN triggers heap underflow/out-of-bounds read causing SIGSEGV DoS or corrupted sampling probabilities.

action required

Immediate action required

affected versions
ggml-org llama.cpp
  • affected>= b3978 and <= b9058
  • affected>= 0.11.0 and <= 0.17.1

As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.

how to fix
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