Advisories for Golang/Github.com/Ollama/Ollama package

2026

Ollama contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the GGUF model loader

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 …

Ollama is Vulnerable to Path Traversal

A security flaw has been discovered in Ollama up to 0.20.2. This affects the function digestToPath of the file x/imagegen/transfer/transfer.go of the component Tensor Model Transfer Handler. The manipulation of the argument digest results in path traversal. The attack may be performed from remote. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is reported as difficult. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for …

2025

Ollama Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via Crafted GZIP

An Out-Of-Memory (OOM) vulnerability exists in the ollama server version 0.3.14. This vulnerability can be triggered when a malicious API server responds with a gzip bomb HTTP response, leading to the ollama server crashing. The vulnerability is present in the makeRequestWithRetry and getAuthorizationToken functions, which use io.ReadAll to read the response body. This can result in excessive memory usage and a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

Ollama Divide By Zero vulnerability

A vulnerability in ollama/ollama versions <=0.3.14 allows a malicious user to upload and create a customized GGUF model file on the Ollama server. This can lead to a division by zero error in the ggufPadding function, causing the server to crash and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Ollama Divide by Zero Vulnerability

A divide by zero vulnerability exists in ollama/ollama version v0.3.3. The vulnerability occurs when importing GGUF models with a crafted type for block_count in the Modelfile. This can lead to a denial of service (DoS) condition when the server processes the model, causing it to crash.

Ollama Allows Out-of-Bounds Read

A vulnerability in Ollama versions <=0.3.14 allows a malicious user to create a customized gguf model file that can be uploaded to the public Ollama server. When the server processes this malicious model, it crashes, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. The root cause of the issue is an out-of-bounds read in the gguf.go file.

2024

Ollama Out-of-bounds Read

An issue was discovered in Ollama before 0.1.46. An attacker can use two HTTP requests to upload a malformed GGUF file containing just 4 bytes starting with the GGUF custom magic header. By leveraging a custom Modelfile that includes a FROM statement pointing to the attacker-controlled blob file, the attacker can crash the application through the CreateModel route, leading to a segmentation fault (signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation).