GHSA-4HHP-H66F-J5J7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-08 20:42 – Updated: 2026-09-08 20:42Summary
vllm/transformers_utils/processors/mimo_v2_omni.py — the multimodal processor for MiMoV2OmniForCausalLM — issues requests.get(...) directly on user-supplied image and audio URL strings and Image.open(...) on user-supplied local paths, without the SSRF / allowed_local_media_path checks that vllm.multimodal.utils.MediaConnector was hardened with in GHSA-qh4c-xf7m-gxfc, GHSA-v359-jj2v-j536, and GHSA-pf3h-qjgv-vcpr.
This is the same bug class as those three published advisories, in a code path the patches missed. When a user passes a URL or local-file string through multi_modal_data (e.g. LLM.generate(multi_modal_data={"image": "http://..."})), the processor takes the unsanitized string and dispatches it without any URL-scheme allowlist, network-target allowlist, size cap, or local-path allowlist.
Details
File: vllm/transformers_utils/processors/mimo_v2_omni.py (current main)
Sink 1 — image SSRF + local-file read (_fetch_image, lines 231–249):
def _fetch_image(src: Any) -> Image.Image:
if isinstance(src, Image.Image):
return _to_rgb(src)
if isinstance(src, bytes):
return _to_rgb(copy.deepcopy(Image.open(BytesIO(src))))
if isinstance(src, str):
if src.startswith(("http://", "https://")):
r = requests.get(src, timeout=30) # SSRF: no allowlist, follows redirects
r.raise_for_status()
return _to_rgb(copy.deepcopy(Image.open(BytesIO(r.content))))
if src.startswith("file://"):
return _to_rgb(Image.open(src[7:])) # arbitrary local file read
if src.startswith("data:image"):
...
return _to_rgb(Image.open(src)) # fallback also opens local files
raise ValueError(f"Unrecognized image source: {type(src)}")
Sink 2 — audio SSRF (around line 471):
elif audio.startswith(("http://", "https://")):
r = requests.get(audio, timeout=30) # SSRF: same pattern
r.raise_for_status()
file_obj = io.BytesIO(r.content)
Reachability. _fetch_image is invoked from MiMoVLProcessor.process_image:
def process_image(self, image: ImageInput) -> torch.Tensor:
kw = self._resolve_img_kw(image)
src = image.image
if isinstance(src, (str, bytes)):
src = _fetch_image(src)
...
MiMoVLProcessor is wrapped by MiMoV2OmniMultiModalProcessor and registered for the MiMoV2OmniForCausalLM model architecture (vllm/model_executor/models/mimo_v2_omni.py:1169). Whenever a user passes a string into multi_modal_data["image"] (or ["audio"]) for this model, the unsanitized URL/path reaches the sink.
Comparison to the recent fixes. The remediation pattern adopted in the three earlier advisories was to route every external resource fetch through MediaConnector, which checks allowed_local_media_path and applies SSRF protection before issuing the network request. chat_utils.py (lines 838, 902, 924, 963, 1053, 1081) already uses self._connector.fetch_image / fetch_audio / fetch_video. The model processor in mimo_v2_omni.py was added later and skipped the connector — it calls requests.get and Image.open directly. Result: the public OpenAI chat-completion path is protected, but library use (LLM.generate(multi_modal_data=...)), batch processing, and any other path that lets a string reach the processor receive no protection.
Impact
- SSRF — internal-network probing / cloud-metadata theft. Standard
requests.getfollows redirects and accepts any URL. An attacker who controls amulti_modal_datavalue can: - read AWS / GCP / Azure instance metadata (e.g.
http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/), - probe internal services on the vLLM host (
http://127.0.0.1:<port>,http://10.x.y.z), - exfiltrate via DNS / HTTP timing oracles even when the body is rejected by
Image.open. - Arbitrary local file read via
file://path(line 242) and the unguarded fallbackImage.open(src)(line 248). Any file readable by the vLLM process is reachable through the model pipeline; with suitable formats this exposes/etc/passwd,~/.aws/credentials, etc. - Server-side traffic generation / amplification by hammering arbitrary URLs from the vLLM host, with a 30-second timeout per request.
Suggested remediation
Replace direct requests.get and bare Image.open paths with MediaConnector.fetch_image / fetch_audio_async (or pass the inputs through MediaConnector before they reach the processor):
# vllm/transformers_utils/processors/mimo_v2_omni.py
from vllm.multimodal.utils import MediaConnector
_connector = MediaConnector()
def _fetch_image(src):
if isinstance(src, Image.Image):
return _to_rgb(src)
if isinstance(src, bytes):
return _to_rgb(copy.deepcopy(Image.open(BytesIO(src))))
if isinstance(src, str):
return _to_rgb(_connector.fetch_image(src)) # delegates to the hardened path
raise ValueError(f"Unrecognized image source: {type(src)}")
Same change for the audio loader at line 471. This re-uses the SSRF allowlist, allowed_local_media_path policy, and size caps that the previous patches added.
Alternative: forbid str src from reaching the processor and require all multi-modal pre-processing to go through chat_utils.py / MediaConnector before hitting the model. Larger surface change, but completes the architectural fix.
Discovery
Static review on vllm@main (HEAD as of 2026-04-30) — found by triaging the file list against the three recent SSRF advisories: the mimo_v2_omni.py processor, added after those fixes, reintroduced the same bypass class.
Reporter
Ievgen Bondarenko — sactransport2000@gmail.com — GitHub @ibondarenko1
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"aliases": [
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"details": "### Summary\n\n`vllm/transformers_utils/processors/mimo_v2_omni.py` \u2014 the multimodal processor for `MiMoV2OmniForCausalLM` \u2014 issues `requests.get(...)` directly on user-supplied image and audio URL strings and `Image.open(...)` on user-supplied local paths, **without** the SSRF / `allowed_local_media_path` checks that `vllm.multimodal.utils.MediaConnector` was hardened with in **GHSA-qh4c-xf7m-gxfc**, **GHSA-v359-jj2v-j536**, and **GHSA-pf3h-qjgv-vcpr**.\n\nThis is the same bug class as those three published advisories, in a code path the patches missed. When a user passes a URL or local-file string through `multi_modal_data` (e.g. `LLM.generate(multi_modal_data={\"image\": \"http://...\"})`), the processor takes the unsanitized string and dispatches it without any URL-scheme allowlist, network-target allowlist, size cap, or local-path allowlist.\n\n### Details\n\n**File:** `vllm/transformers_utils/processors/mimo_v2_omni.py` (current `main`)\n\n**Sink 1 \u2014 image SSRF + local-file read (`_fetch_image`, lines 231\u2013249):**\n\n```python\ndef _fetch_image(src: Any) -\u003e Image.Image:\n if isinstance(src, Image.Image):\n return _to_rgb(src)\n if isinstance(src, bytes):\n return _to_rgb(copy.deepcopy(Image.open(BytesIO(src))))\n if isinstance(src, str):\n if src.startswith((\"http://\", \"https://\")):\n r = requests.get(src, timeout=30) # SSRF: no allowlist, follows redirects\n r.raise_for_status()\n return _to_rgb(copy.deepcopy(Image.open(BytesIO(r.content))))\n if src.startswith(\"file://\"):\n return _to_rgb(Image.open(src[7:])) # arbitrary local file read\n if src.startswith(\"data:image\"):\n ...\n return _to_rgb(Image.open(src)) # fallback also opens local files\n raise ValueError(f\"Unrecognized image source: {type(src)}\")\n```\n\n**Sink 2 \u2014 audio SSRF (around line 471):**\n\n```python\nelif audio.startswith((\"http://\", \"https://\")):\n r = requests.get(audio, timeout=30) # SSRF: same pattern\n r.raise_for_status()\n file_obj = io.BytesIO(r.content)\n```\n\n**Reachability.** `_fetch_image` is invoked from `MiMoVLProcessor.process_image`:\n\n```python\ndef process_image(self, image: ImageInput) -\u003e torch.Tensor:\n kw = self._resolve_img_kw(image)\n src = image.image\n if isinstance(src, (str, bytes)):\n src = _fetch_image(src)\n ...\n```\n\n`MiMoVLProcessor` is wrapped by `MiMoV2OmniMultiModalProcessor` and registered for the `MiMoV2OmniForCausalLM` model architecture (`vllm/model_executor/models/mimo_v2_omni.py:1169`). Whenever a user passes a string into `multi_modal_data[\"image\"]` (or `[\"audio\"]`) for this model, the unsanitized URL/path reaches the sink.\n\n**Comparison to the recent fixes.** The remediation pattern adopted in the three earlier advisories was to route every external resource fetch through `MediaConnector`, which checks `allowed_local_media_path` and applies SSRF protection before issuing the network request. `chat_utils.py` (lines 838, 902, 924, 963, 1053, 1081) already uses `self._connector.fetch_image / fetch_audio / fetch_video`. The model processor in `mimo_v2_omni.py` was added later and skipped the connector \u2014 it calls `requests.get` and `Image.open` directly. Result: the public OpenAI chat-completion path is protected, but library use (`LLM.generate(multi_modal_data=...)`), batch processing, and any other path that lets a string reach the processor receive no protection.\n\n### Impact\n\n1. **SSRF \u2014 internal-network probing / cloud-metadata theft.** Standard `requests.get` follows redirects and accepts any URL. An attacker who controls a `multi_modal_data` value can:\n - read AWS / GCP / Azure instance metadata (e.g. `http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/`),\n - probe internal services on the vLLM host (`http://127.0.0.1:\u003cport\u003e`, `http://10.x.y.z`),\n - exfiltrate via DNS / HTTP timing oracles even when the body is rejected by `Image.open`.\n2. **Arbitrary local file read** via `file://path` (line 242) and the unguarded fallback `Image.open(src)` (line 248). Any file readable by the vLLM process is reachable through the model pipeline; with suitable formats this exposes `/etc/passwd`, `~/.aws/credentials`, etc.\n3. **Server-side traffic generation / amplification** by hammering arbitrary URLs from the vLLM host, with a 30-second timeout per request.\n\n### Suggested remediation\n\nReplace direct `requests.get` and bare `Image.open` paths with `MediaConnector.fetch_image` / `fetch_audio_async` (or pass the inputs through `MediaConnector` before they reach the processor):\n\n```python\n# vllm/transformers_utils/processors/mimo_v2_omni.py\nfrom vllm.multimodal.utils import MediaConnector\n\n_connector = MediaConnector()\n\ndef _fetch_image(src):\n if isinstance(src, Image.Image):\n return _to_rgb(src)\n if isinstance(src, bytes):\n return _to_rgb(copy.deepcopy(Image.open(BytesIO(src))))\n if isinstance(src, str):\n return _to_rgb(_connector.fetch_image(src)) # delegates to the hardened path\n raise ValueError(f\"Unrecognized image source: {type(src)}\")\n```\n\nSame change for the audio loader at line 471. This re-uses the SSRF allowlist, `allowed_local_media_path` policy, and size caps that the previous patches added.\n\nAlternative: forbid `str` `src` from reaching the processor and require all multi-modal pre-processing to go through `chat_utils.py` / `MediaConnector` before hitting the model. Larger surface change, but completes the architectural fix.\n\n### Discovery\n\nStatic review on `vllm@main` (HEAD as of 2026-04-30) \u2014 found by triaging the file list against the three recent SSRF advisories: the `mimo_v2_omni.py` processor, added after those fixes, reintroduced the same bypass class.\n\n### Reporter\n\nIevgen Bondarenko \u2014 `sactransport2000@gmail.com` \u2014 GitHub `@ibondarenko1`",
"id": "GHSA-4hhp-h66f-j5j7",
"modified": "2026-09-08T20:42:00Z",
"published": "2026-09-08T20:42:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-4hhp-h66f-j5j7"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73560"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/43117"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/commit/54503ecec0f3ac31e5ecfc5f28652e4cc42307b5"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm"
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{
"type": "WEB",
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "vLLM: SSRF + arbitrary local file read in MiMoV2OmniMultiModalProcessor `_fetch_image` and audio loader bypass MediaConnector protections"
}
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