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TI-2024-26642 Aliases CVE-2024-39721GHSA-mvx2-276h-w78v

An issue was discovered in Ollama before 0.1.34.

Priority HIGH 72CWE-404Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-404.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Ollama before 0.1.34. The CreateModelHandler function uses os.Open to read a file until completion. The req.Path parameter is user-controlled and can be set to /dev/random, which is blocking, causing the goroutine to run infinitely (even after the HTTP request is aborted by the client).

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.02665 85th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ollama:ollama:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.1.34Vulnerableollama
  • cpe:2.3:a:ollama:ollama:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.1.34 Vulnerable ·ollama

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-39721
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mvx2-276h-w78v

References

  • TI-2024-24572 Ollama before 0.1.34 does not validate the format of the digest (sha256 with 64 hex… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2025-14153 Ollama Multi-Modal Model Image Processing NULL Pointer Dereference CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2024-26641 An issue was discovered in Ollama before 0.1.46. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2025-41098 An issue in ollama v.0.12.10 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-41097 An issue in ollama v.0.12.10 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the GGUF decoder CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-01720 Improper Validation of Array Index in ollama/ollama CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
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Sources