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Vulnerability record · CVE-2025-66960 · published 21 January 2026

CVE-2025-66960: Ollama improper input validation vulnerability

Ollama · Ollama

An issue in ollama v.0.12.10 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the fs/ggml/gguf.go, function readGGUFV1String reads a string length from untrusted GGUF metadata

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.42% · top 66.7% CWE-20 · Improper input validationCWE-400 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score
0.42%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue in ollama v.0.12.10 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the fs/ggml/gguf.go, function readGGUFV1String reads a string length from untrusted GGUF metadata

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/9820 ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://zero.shotlearni.ng/blog/cve-2025-66960guf-v1-string-length-cause-panic-in-readggufv1string/ ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2025-66960), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.