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SCA: security update for github.com/ollama/ollama (GHSA-v464-r2r9-www7)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 446563

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - An Out-Of-Memory (OOM) vulnerability exists in the `ollama` server version 0.3.14. This vulnerability can
 be triggered when a malicious API server responds with a gzip bomb HTTP response, leading to the `ollama`
 server crashing. The vulnerability is present in the `makeRequestWithRetry` and `getAuthorizationToken`
 functions, which use `io.ReadAll` to read the response body. This can result in excessive memory usage and
 a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. (CVE-2024-12886)

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v464-r2r9-www7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 446563

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/31/2026

Updated: 8/31/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.7

Percentile: 96.53

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-12886

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/20/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-12886