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May 9, 2026 · Information Security

Ollama ‘Bleeding Llama’ Vulnerability Puts 300K Servers at Risk of Sensitive Data Exposure

A critical CVE‑2026‑7482 flaw in Ollama’s model quantization pipeline, dubbed “Bleeding Llama,” allows unauthenticated attackers to craft GGUF files that read beyond buffer limits, potentially leaking prompts, API keys and other confidential data from over 300,000 internet‑exposed servers, with mitigation requiring an upgrade to version 0.17.1 and stricter network controls.