Suspicious Ollama api pull Path Traversal Request (CVE-2024-37032)

ATT&CK techniques

Initial Access → Discovery

Recon
Resource Dev
Initial Access
- T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application
Execution
Persistence
Priv Esc
Defense Evasion
Cred Access
Discovery
- T1083File and Directory Discovery
Lateral Movement
Collection
C2
Exfiltration
Impact

What it detects

This rule detects HTTP requests to the Ollama /api/pull endpoint containing directory traversal sequences in the digest. Wiz Research described this path traversal being used to write arbitrary files and achieve remote code execution on the model server, so such requests indicate active exploitation of the exposed service.

Reporting behind it

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Suspicious Ollama api pull Path Traversal Request (CVE-2024-37032)

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