CVE-2026-42248

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)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:ollama:ollama:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

18 May 2026, 18:22

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Ollama ollama
Ollama
Microsoft windows
Microsoft
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ollama:ollama:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 9.8
References () https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/04/CVE-2026-42248/ - () https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/04/CVE-2026-42248/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://ollama.com/ - () https://ollama.com/ - Product

30 Apr 2026, 15:48

Type Values Removed Values Added
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