CVE-2026-24215 — The DALI Backend, Where An Attacker Denial of Service

title: Potential DALI Backend Resource Consumption Exploit Attempt — CVE-2026-24215
id: scw-2026-05-20-ai-1
status: experimental
level: high
description: |
  This rule detects potential exploitation attempts against the DALI backend in NVIDIA Triton Inference Server (CVE-2026-24215). It looks for requests targeting '/dali' paths with specific query parameters that could be manipulated to cause uncontrolled resource consumption, leading to a denial of service. A 500 status code suggests the server encountered an error, potentially due to the exploit.
author: SCW Feed Engine (AI-generated)
date: 2026-05-20
references:
  - https://shimiscyberworld.com/posts/nvd-CVE-2026-24215/
tags:
  - attack.impact
  - attack.t1499
logsource:
    category: webserver
detection:
  selection:
      cs-uri|contains:
          - '/dali'
      cs-uri-query|contains:
          - 'batch_size=' # Example of a parameter that might be abused for resource exhaustion
      sc-status|exact:
          - '500' # Server error often indicates a crash or unhandled exception
  condition: selection
falsepositives:
  - Legitimate administrative activity

Source: Shimi's Cyber World · License & reuse