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TI-2026-06144 Aliases CVE-2026-7020GHSA-x99g-8v8j-25j2

Ollama Tensor Model Transfer transfer.go digestToPath path traversal

Priority MEDIUM 61CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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 attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00908 60th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
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
—Ollama0.20.0; 0.20.1; 0.20.2—No fix listedCNA
—github.com/ollama/ollama (Go)up to 0.20.2—No fix listedGHSA-x99g-8v8j-25j2
  • Ollama Vendor— Affected 0.20.0; 0.20.1; 0.20.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • github.com/ollama/ollama (Go) Vendor— Affected up to 0.20.2 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-x99g-8v8j-25j2

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ollama:ollama:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.20.0 – 0.20.2Vulnerableollama
  • cpe:2.3:a:ollama:ollama:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.20.0 – 0.20.2 Vulnerable ·ollama

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Migration Toolkit for Applications 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-7020
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x99g-8v8j-25j2

References

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • 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

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