CVE Explorer
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 mali
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unknown","platforms":["Windows"],"product":"Ollama","repo":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama","vendor":"Ollama","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"0.17.5","status":"affected","version":"0.12.10","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"ADJACENT","baseScore":7.7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"LOW","subConfidentialityImpact":"LOW","subIntegrityImpact":"LOW","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HI…
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cd577b173b002e87bf54f6f6a15d7e3be076cd022b071df568873ba6eaeeff92 · sha256:c0e4764901f25c11… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-494","description":"CWE-494: Download of Code Without Integrity Check","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cd577b173b002e87bf54f6f6a15d7e3be076cd022b071df568873ba6eaeeff92 · sha256:c0e4764901f25c11… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/04/CVE-2026-42248/"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cd577b173b002e87bf54f6f6a15d7e3be076cd022b071df568873ba6eaeeff92 · sha256:c0e4764901f25c11… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["product"],"url":"https://ollama.com/"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cd577b173b002e87bf54f6f6a15d7e3be076cd022b071df568873ba6eaeeff92 · sha256:c0e4764901f25c11… · /containers/cna/references/1
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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