CVE-2025-51471 Ollama vulnerable to Cross-Domain Token Exposure

Medium 6.9 Published Updated

Remote attackers can steal authentication tokens via a malicious realm value, enabling access control bypass and data exposure in Ollama.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2025-51471?

CVE-2025-51471 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-Domain Token Exposure in server.auth.getAuthorizationToken in Ollama 0.6.7 allows remote attackers to steal authentication tokens and bypass access controls via a malicious realm value in a WWW-Authenticate header returned by the /api/pull endpoint.

Weakness: CWE-384, CWE-345

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-51471?

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

PackageAffectedFixed in
github.com/ollama/ollama GoAll versionsNone
github.com/ollama/ollama GoAll versions to 0.9.6None
github.com/ollama/ollama GoAll versions to 0.9.6None

Products include Ollama Ollama.

How do I fix CVE-2025-51471?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2025-51471 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-51471 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Sources

Also known as CLEANSTART-2026-OA88832, GHSA-x9hg-5q6g-q3jr, GO-2025-3824, MINI-265x-xh5q-74hg.

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