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incidents/AIR-2025-0322

CVE-2025-44779: Ollama arbitrary file deletion vulnerability

Attack on AI2 Disclosed vulnerabilityInfrastructure vulnerability

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

disclosed CVENo confirmed exploitation, so this record is tracked as a disclosed vulnerability and not counted as an incident. It moves into the counts if CISA or the vendor confirms exploitation. Why

Details

type
Attack on AI
An AI model, agent or AI-powered product was the thing exploited, abused or leaked.
categories
  • Infrastructure vulnerability
    CVEs and advisories in AI frameworks, inference servers, MCP servers, AI developer tools and hosting stacks.
owasp llm top 10
mitre atlas
no technique for these categories
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
2 · Disclosed vulnerability
CVE or vendor advisory, patched or patchable, no confirmed exploitation.
targets
Framework / tooling
products
Ollama
incident date
7 Aug 2025
first reported
7 Aug 2025
origin
GitHub Advisory Database
Vulnerability record from NVD / the GitHub Advisory Database. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
classifier confidence
0.95 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
CVE-2025-44779 · ollama · file-deletion
record
created 2026-10-18 07:00Z · updated 2026-10-18 10:04Z · json

Sources · 2

  1. 2025-08-07
    CVE-2025-44779: Ollama allows deletion of arbitrary files
    GitHub Advisory Database · github.com/advisories/GHSA-93jv-pvg8-hf3v
  2. 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.
    NVD · nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-44779

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