- 175,000 Ollama systems misconfigured, publicly exposed without authentication
- Attackers exploit instances via LLMjacking to generate spam and malware content
- Issue stems from user misconfiguration, fixable by binding to localhost only
Security researchers have claimed around 175,000 Ollama systems worldwide are exposed, putting them at risk of all sorts of malicious activities. In fact, some are already being abused, and if you’re among those running an Ollama instance, you might want to consider reconfiguring it.
