CVE-2026-15685 json
Ollama downloadBlob Improper Validation of Array Index Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
published 2026-07-13 3 mo ago modified 2026-07-20 3 mo 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.
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
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
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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-rhel9not 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
- 3 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
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
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- CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index
References
-
zerodayinitiative.com
/advisories/ZDI-26-403/
third-party-advisory, advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-15685
- NVD CVE-2026-15685
- OSV PYSEC-2026-3450
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