CVE-2026-7020: ollama Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-7020 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) Path Traversal vulnerability in ollama. EPSS estimates a 0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 26-04-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-05-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A security flaw has been discovered in Ollama up to 0.20.2. This affects the function digestToPath of the file x/imagegen/transfer/transfer.go of the component Tensor Model Transfer Handler. The manipulation of the argument digest results in path traversal. The attack may be performed from remote. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is reported as difficult. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.