What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-44779?

CVE-2025-44779 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.6 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.0%.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-44779?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems running Ollama and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.

Ollama CVE-2025-44779

MEDIUM

Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

2025-08-07 cve@mitre.org

Information Disclosure AI / ML Ollama Suse

6.6

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness	CWE CWE-20 OWASP Top 10:2025 A05:2025 - Injection ASVS 5.0 V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input validation, allowlisting
Impact	CVSS score of 6.6 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.03%.
Exploit ScenarioDerived	Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).

Patch available 0.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026

An issue in Ollama v0.1.33 allows attackers to delete arbitrary files via sending a crafted packet to the endpoint /api/pull. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.6), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

Affected Packages

go github.com/ollama/ollama fix: 0.1.34

pypi ollama no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 2 packages in go, pypi

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Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-20. An issue in Ollama v0.1.33 allows attackers to delete arbitrary files via sending a crafted packet to the endpoint /api/pull. Affected products include: Ollama.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 6.6 MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

SUSE MEDIUM

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Patch released

Mar 31, 2026 - 21:13 nvd

Patch available

CVE Published

Aug 07, 2025 - 16:15 nvd

MEDIUM 6.6

DescriptionCVE.org

An issue in Ollama v0.1.33 allows attackers to delete arbitrary files via sending a crafted packet to the endpoint /api/pull.

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Why It Matters

Organizations using Ollama should be aware of notable risk from CVE-2025-44779, a input validation vulnerability rated CVSS 6.6. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and monitor for exploitation.

Business Impact: Moderate

Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: deploy WAF rules, restrict network access, enable logging.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score

0.0%

Top 91% exploitable

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue

Severity MEDIUM

CISA KEV No

Public POC No

EPSS 0.0%

Patch available Yes

Active threat No

Deciding rule

MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)

What every action level means

Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.

Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

Exploitation· derived

None

System Exposure· derived

Small

Automatable· derived

Priority Score

Low Medium High Critical

KEV: 0

EPSS: 0

CVSS: +33

PoC: 0

Weaponized: 0

Threat intel: 0

Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information Disclosure MEDIUM

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:a:ollama:ollama:0.1.33:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Medium

Product	Status
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container:latest Image SL-Micro Image SLE-Micro Image SLE-Micro-EC2	Affected
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/toolbox:latest	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0	Fixed
openSUSE Tumbleweed	Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0	Fixed

References

Advisories & patches

ADVISORY https://www.suse.com/support/update/SUSE-SU-2025:02912/ REF https://a1batr0ss.top/2025/03/17/Ollama-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability/ REF https://a1batr0ss.top/2025/08/06/CVE-2025-44779-Ollama-arbitrary-file-deletion/ REF https://github.com/ollama/ollama

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