What is CVE-2025-44779?

CVE-2025-44779 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ollama, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2025-08-07.

How severe is CVE-2025-44779?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Ollama

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.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2025-08-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (6.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 6.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ollama — versions 0.1.33

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

github.com/ollama/ollama (Product)
a1batr0ss.top/2025/03/17/Ollama-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability/ (Broken Link)
a1batr0ss.top/2025/08/06/CVE-2025-44779-Ollama-arbitrary-file-deletion/ (Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-44779?: CVE-2025-44779 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ollama, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2025-08-07.
How severe is CVE-2025-44779?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.