CVE-2025-44779: Ollama arbitrary file deletion vulnerability

# CVE-2025-44779: Ollama arbitrary file deletion vulnerability

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/cve-2025-44779-ollama-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability · AIR-2025-0322 · closed 2025-08-07

- Lane: Patch now
- Severity: 2 (Disclosed vulnerability)
- Fix status: Fix status unknown
- First reported: 2025-08-07
- AI role: Attack on AI
- Products: Ollama
- CVE ids: CVE-2025-44779
- CVSS: 6.6

## Summary

An arbitrary file deletion vulnerability exists in Ollama through crafted requests to the pull endpoint. The issue is resolved in version 0.1.34.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2025-08-07: CVE-2025-44779: An issue in Ollama v0.1.33 allows attackers to delete arbitrary files via sending a crafted packet to the endpoint /api/pull. (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-44779)
- 2025-08-07: CVE-2025-44779: Ollama allows deletion of arbitrary files (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-93jv-pvg8-hf3v)

## Sources

- 2025-08-07 GitHub Advisory Database: CVE-2025-44779: Ollama allows deletion of arbitrary files https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-93jv-pvg8-hf3v
- 2025-08-07 NVD: CVE-2025-44779: An issue in Ollama v0.1.33 allows attackers to delete arbitrary files via sending a crafted packet to the endpoint /api/pull. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-44779

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