Ollama for Windows does not perform integrity or authenticity verification of downloaded update executables. Unlike other platforms, the Windows implementation of the update verification routine unconditionally returns success so no digital signature or trust validation is performed before staging or executing update payloads, enabling attacker‑supplied executables to be accepted and later executed by the application.
Critically, Ollama for Windows performs silent automatic updates, so the malicious payload may be installed automatically without user awareness.
Maintainers of this project were notified early about this vulnerability, but didn't respond with the details of vulnerability or vulnerable version range. Versions from 0.12.10 to 0.17.5 were tested and confirmed as vulnerable, other versions were not tested but might also be vulnerable.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/04/CVE-2026-42248/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://ollama.com/ | Product |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
18 May 2026, 18:22
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| First Time |
Ollama ollama
Ollama Microsoft windows Microsoft |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:ollama:ollama:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 9.8 |
| References | () https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/04/CVE-2026-42248/ - Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://ollama.com/ - Product |
30 Apr 2026, 15:48
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-04-29 12:16
Updated : 2026-05-18 18:22
NVD link : CVE-2026-42248
Mitre link : CVE-2026-42248
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-42248
JSON object : View
Products Affected
ollama
- ollama
microsoft
- windows
CWE
CWE-494
Download of Code Without Integrity Check
