CVE-2026-103663
CRITICALDescription
Ollama is vulnerable to path traversal in the `/api/pull` endpoint due to insufficient validation of layer digests by the `digestToPath` function. An unauthenticated remote attacker can specify a path traversal sequence as a layer digest, causing a malicious binary to be written outside the model store. Critically if the server process has write access to `/usr/lib/ollama` (the default in most Ollama Docker images), an attacker can write the malicious file to that directory. On the next server restart, the file is loaded and executed, resulting in remote code execution as root. This issue was fixed in version 0.35.0.
How to fix
No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.
Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.
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CVSS v4 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Exploit Intelligence
Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 52% of all known CVEs.
References
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| CVE-2024-27199 | High | 7.3 | 100% | KEV + Ransom | Fix |
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| CVE-2021-40870 | Critical | 9.8 | 93% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2025-64446 | Critical | 9.8 | 92% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2020-5405 | Medium | 6.5 | 69% | - | Fix |
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Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2026-103663?
No published fix for CVE-2026-103663 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.
Is CVE-2026-103663 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2026-103663 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.71% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 52% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2026-103663?
CVE-2026-103663 has a CVSS v4 base score of 9.4, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
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