CVE-2025-15063
Published: 23 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-15063 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Zerodayinitiative (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 20.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as NLP and Transformers; in the Supply Chain and Deployment risk domain.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-15063 is a command injection vulnerability in the execAsync method of Ollama MCP Server. The flaw stems from insufficient validation of user-supplied input before it is passed to a system call, enabling arbitrary command execution. It carries a CVSS score of 9.8 and is tracked under CWE-78.
Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit the issue over the network to run arbitrary code in the context of the service account without any user interaction or privileges.
The vulnerability was reported as ZDI-CAN-27683 and is covered by the Zero Day Initiative advisory ZDI-26-020.
EPSS for the CVE rose from a low starting value to a recorded peak of 0.0127, indicating that exploitation interest emerged after disclosure.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-4484
Vulnerability details
Ollama MCP Server execAsync Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Ollama MCP Server. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the…
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implementation of the execAsync method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the service account. Was ZDI-CAN-27683.
- CWE(s)
AI Security AnalysisAI
- AI Category
- NLP and Transformers
- Risk Domain
- Supply Chain and Deployment
- OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
- None mapped
- Classification Reason
- Matched keywords: mcp, ollama
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation of untrusted input before it is used in system calls, eliminating the root cause of the execAsync command injection.
Enforces access-control decisions on the service interface so that unauthenticated remote callers cannot reach the vulnerable execAsync path.
Restricts the system to a minimal set of allowed commands and disables unnecessary interpreters or shells that the injection would otherwise abuse.