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CVE-2026-15685 json

Ollama downloadBlob Improper Validation of Array Index Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

published 3mo ago modified 3mo ago also PYSEC-2026-3450 , EUVD-2026-43562

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Ollama downloadBlob Improper Validation of Array Index Denial-of-Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Ollama. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the downloadBlob function. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory access past the end of an allocated array. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-27277.

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-15685 updated cvss 7.5

Ollama: Ollama: Denial of Service via improper array index validation in downloadBlob function

  • Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications 8 mta/mta-solution-server-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 ansible-automation-platform-24/lightspeed-rhel8, ansible-automation-platform-25/lightspeed-rhel8 Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-trustyai-garak-lls-provider-dsp-rhel9
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
3mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Ollama Ollama

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index

References

Sources

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