CVE-2024-45436 Ollama can extract members of a ZIP archive outside of the parent directory

What is CVE-2024-45436?

CVE-2024-45436 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

extractFromZipFile in model.go in Ollama before 0.1.47 can extract members of a ZIP archive outside of the parent directory.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45436?

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-2024-45436?

Upgrade github.com/ollama/ollama to 0.1.47 or later.

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

Is CVE-2024-45436 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45436 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 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-2026-7482 Ollama heap out-of-bounds read in GGUF tensor parsing leaks server process memory to unauthenticated remote attackers High 8.8
• CVE-2024-37032 Ollama does not validate the format of the digest (sha256 with 64 hex digits) 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
• How this page is made

Also known as CVE-2024-7773, GHSA-846m-99qv-67mg, GO-2024-3104.