CVE-2025-9141 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A vulnerability was found in vLLM's Qwen3 Coder tool parser. Since this parser uses Python's eval() function, it poses a risk of arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability appears during the parameter conversion process when the parser attempts to handle complex data types.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-79j6-g2m3-jgfw
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9141
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9141

History

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A vulnerability was found in vLLM's Qwen3 Coder tool parser. Since this parser uses Python's eval() function, it poses a risk of arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability appears during the parameter conversion process when the parser attempts to handle complex data types.
Title		vllm: quen3: RCE in vllm tool call parser for qwen3coder
Weaknesses		CWE-502
References		https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-79j6-g2m3-jgfw https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9141 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9141
Metrics	threat_severity `None`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` threat_severity `Important`

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Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-08-20T23:37:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-9141 - Bugzilla

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