CVE-2024-37032 Ollama does not validate the format of the digest (sha256 with 64 hex digits)

What is CVE-2024-37032?

CVE-2024-37032 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Ollama before 0.1.34 does not validate the format of the digest (sha256 with 64 hex digits) when getting the model path, and thus mishandles the TestGetBlobsPath test cases such as fewer than 64 hex digits, more than 64 hex digits, or an initial ../ substring.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37032?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/ollama/ollama. It affects 1 product.

Products include Ollama Ollama.

How do I fix CVE-2024-37032?

Upgrade github.com/ollama/ollama to 0.1.34 or later.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2024-37032 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-37032 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 1 Nuclei template and 4 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2025-63389 Ollama Platform has missing authentication enabling attackers to perform model management operations Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-45436 Ollama can extract members of a ZIP archive outside of the parent directory Critical 9.1
• CVE-2026-7482 Ollama heap out-of-bounds read in GGUF tensor parsing leaks server process memory to unauthenticated remote attackers High 8.8
• CVE-2025-15514 Ollama Multi-Modal Model Image Processing NULL Pointer Dereference High 8.7
• CVE-2024-39720 Ollama Out-of-bounds Read High 8.2

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-8hqg-whrw-pv92, GO-2024-2901.