Ollama GGUF metadata parser allocation of resources

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Ollama. This impacts an unknown function of the component GGUF metadata parser. The manipulation of the argument string lengths/tensor dimension counts/metadata array counts results in allocation of resources. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-65315. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Ollama (affected version not known). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component GGUF metadata parser. The manipulation of the argument string lengths/tensor dimension counts/metadata array counts with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Ollama (HEAD f0078ae) contains an uncontrolled memory allocation vulnerability in the GGUF metadata parser that allows remote attackers to crash the server by supplying a crafted GGUF file with attacker-controlled length and count fields in string lengths, tensor dimension counts, and metadata array counts that are used as allocation sizes without validation against remaining file size. Attackers can upload a sub-1KB crafted GGUF file via the blob upload and model create or pull API endpoints to trigger unrecoverable Go runtime out-of-memory fatal errors or makeslice panics that bypass recovery middleware and crash the entire server process.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-65315 since 07/21/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Ollama

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• Product: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/

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