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CVE-2026-105192

9.8 CRITICALpublic exploit available

Published 2026-10-07 · Updated 2026-10-07

AI risk analysis

Summary
This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code as the user running the LMCache process, which can be exploited by sending a specially crafted ZeroMQ message.
Exploitability
Exploitation is relatively straightforward as it requires sending a single unauthenticated ZMQ message to the transport port, which is defaulting to localhost.
Blast radius
If exploited, the impact is high as it can lead to complete compromise of the system running the LMCache process, especially if it is running as root.
Detection
No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.
Prioritized remediation
Disable the LMCache multiprocess mode or ensure that the transport port is not exposed to untrusted networks by setting the --host option to a non-routable address.
rceauth-bypasszeromqipccritical

Analysis generated locally by qwen2.5:7b-instruct (no data left the box). AI-assisted — verify against primary sources before acting.

NVD description

LMCache multiprocess mode, also called distributed mode, opens an unauthenticated ZeroMQ ROUTER so worker processes can register and share KV cache blocks. Messages on that socket are msgpack. Extension code 1 is passed to DeviceIPCWrapper.Deserialize, which calls pickle.loads, while the server is still decoding request arguments and before the handler runs. A single unauthenticated ZMQ DEALER message to the transport port (default 5555) therefore executes code as the user the LMCache process runs as. Official container images run that process as root. The transport binds to localhost unless the operator sets a routable address with --host, which is how multi-node deployments let peers connect.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-306, CWE-502

Public exploit & PoC references

All references

Source data: NVD (nvd.nist.gov), public domain. Exploit-DB.ai adds local AI analysis for defensive use only.

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