Case study May 2, 2026
Malaysia Ministry of Education (EMISC): Unauthenticated Ollama Node
NuClide Research · 2026-05-02
Summary
Malaysia’s Ministry of Education Education Management Information System Centre (EMISC) exposes one Ollama node (203.172.144.85) with two models. EMISC manages the national school and education data infrastructure for Malaysia.
Infrastructure
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| IP | 203.172.144.85 |
| Org | Ministry of Education - EMISC |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Ollama version | 0.9.6 |
| Open port | 11434 (public) |
Models
| Model | Notes |
|---|---|
| (2 models) | No system prompts recovered |
Findings
F1: Government Education IT Infrastructure Exposed (HIGH)
EMISC is the IT arm of Malaysia’s Ministry of Education, responsible for national school data systems. An Ollama node on this network, accessible from the public internet without authentication, represents a misconfigured deployment on government education infrastructure.
F2: Model Injection (CRITICAL)
CVE-2025-63389 applies. Version 0.9.6 confirms no updates since early 2024.
Remediation
OLLAMA_HOST=127.0.0.1:11434
systemctl restart ollama
Disclosure
- Discovered: 2026-05-02
- Status: Pending outreach to Malaysia MoE EMISC