CVE 9.1 CRITICAL

Ollama heap out-of-bounds read in GGUF tensor parsing leaks server process memory to unauthenticated remote attackers_CVE-2026-7482

9.1 / 10
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Description

Ollama before 0.17.1 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the GGUF model loader. The /api/create endpoint accepts an attacker-supplied GGUF file in which the declared tensor offset and size exceed the file's actual length; during quantization in fs/ggml/gguf.go and server/quantization.go (WriteTo()), the server reads past the allocated heap buffer. The leaked memory contents may include environment variables, API keys, system prompts, and concurrent users' conversation data, and can be exfiltrated by uploading the resulting model artifact through the /api/push endpoint to an attacker-controlled registry. The /api/create and /api/push endpoints have no authentication in the upstream distribution. Default deployments bind to 127.0.0.1, but the documented OLLAMA_HOST=0.0.0.0 configuration is widely used in practice (large public-internet exposure observed).

AI Analysis

Heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in GGUF model loader

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-7482
Source Echo
Published May 4, 2026 at 12:38

Affected Product

Vendor ollama
Product ollama
Affected Versions ollama ollama 0

CWE Classification

AI Assessment

AI Score 9.1 / 10
AI Severity Critical
Vendor Ollama
Product Ollama
Version <0.17.1

References

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