Integer overflow in llama.cpp GGUF loader allows out-of-bounds access
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
llama.cpp from b10398 before b11301 and from 0.1.0 before 0.6.0 has an integer overflow in gguf_init_from_reader (CWE-190). Tensor shapes whose product wraps to zero bypass the element-count check, so buffers are sized too small. A local user who opens a crafted GGUF file can trigger out-of-bounds memory access.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02
Description from the CNA
llama.cpp b10398 before b11301 contains an integer overflow vulnerability in gguf_init_from_reader that allows attackers to bypass tensor element-count validation by supplying shapes whose product wraps to zero. Attackers can craft GGUF files with enormous tensor extents that overflow ggml_nbytes() and strides, causing out-of-bounds memory access when buffers are sized from wrapped byte counts.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
The fixed versions of llama.cpp are b11301 and 0.6.0.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02
- Fix · CNA llama.cpp (ggml-org) Fixed in b11301, 0.6.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-27 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-116829
- 2026-10-27 Alias added: GHSA-3jhp-qv93-3428
- 2026-10-27 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-11-02 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-02 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
More ggml-org vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-26459 llama.cpp: Unauthenticated RCE via GRAPH_COMPUTE buffer=0 bypass in llama.cpp RPC backend CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-28446 llama.cpp allows Arbitrary Address Read in rpc_server::get_tensor CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-17570 llama.cpp has Out-of-bounds Write in llama-server CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-28447 llama.cpp allows write-what-where in rpc_server::set_tensor CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2024-15627 Integer overflow in ggml-org llama.cpp CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-14482 Heap-based buffer overflow in ggml-org llama.cpp CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-116829 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-116829 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3jhp-qv93-3428 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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