TheBloke/Llama-2-7B-Chat-GGML warn
Weights only ship in a format that can run code when loaded; its license differs from its base model's. Plus 1 minor note.
claims base: meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-chat-hf · chat template: not found · view on Hugging Face ↗
Scan coverageStatic battery2026-08-26Weights battery2026-08-26Behavioral batterynot rundetails
| Battery | Looks at | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Static battery | Metadata & packaging | complete 2026-08-26 |
| Weights battery | Weights forensics — no GPU, no download | complete 2026-08-26no token vocabulary — pickle audit only · pickle audit clean |
| Behavioral battery | Live-inference differentials | not run |
Ingot runs three batteries against a model. What each one checks →
Findings
Scanned 2026-08-26 · published from a community scan.
medium Pickle-serialized weights, no safetensors
Weights ship only as pickle-based files (llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q2_K.bin, llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q3_K_L.bin, llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q3_K_M.bin, …). Loading pickle executes arbitrary code from the file — prefer a safetensors release or load in a sandbox.
How to fix
Convert the weights to safetensors before loading them anywhere that matters.
- Do not load the pickle files in-process — pickle deserialization executes arbitrary code from the file.
- Convert locally in a sandbox: `pip install safetensors` and use `safetensors.torch.save_file` on a state dict loaded with `torch.load(..., weights_only=True)` (refuses most code-execution payloads), or use Hugging Face's `convert.py` space/script.
- Pin the exact revision hash you converted from, and load only your converted safetensors artifact from then on.
medium License differs from claimed parent (other vs llama2)
This model declares other while its claimed base meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-chat-hf declares llama2. Verify the re-license is permitted before commercial use.
How to fix
Verify the re-license is actually permitted before relying on it.
- Read the parent's license for derivative-work and re-licensing terms — many open-weight licenses (e.g. Llama-family) do not permit arbitrary re-licensing.
- If the re-license is not permitted, the parent's terms govern your use regardless of what this repo declares.
info Pickle static analysis clean
Opcode-level parse of llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q2_K.bin, llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q3_K_L.bin, llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q3_K_M.bin, llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q3_K_S.bin (no code executed) found only standard serialization globals (0 distinct, all torch/collections/numpy). Pickle remains an executable format — this verifies the current bytes, not future uploads; prefer a safetensors release.
low Pickle checkpoint only partially analyzable
Static analysis could not fully parse: llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q2_K.bin: legacy parse stopped after 0 pickle(s): pickle: no MARK, llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q3_K_L.bin: legacy parse stopped after 0 pickle(s): pickle: no MARK, llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q3_K_M.bin: legacy parse stopped after 0 pickle(s): pickle: no MARK, +1 more. Unparsed content is unverified.
Remediation guidance addresses the documented findings only. It is evidence-driven repair, not a safety certification of the model.
Fingerprint
The durable profile of this model: measured weights-and-metadata facts, rebuilt on every scan and battery run. Updated 2026-08-26.
| architecture | llama |
| license | other |
| serialization | no safetensors pickle |
| chat template | none |
| claimed lineage | meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-chat-hf |
| lineage verified | unverified — weights battery pending |
Full measured fingerprint
| library | transformers |
| pipeline | text-generation |
| repo files | 20 — pickle: llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q2_K.bin, llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q3_K_L.bin, llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q3_K_M.bin, llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q3_K_S.bin, llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q4_0.bin, llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q4_1.bin, llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q4_K_M.bin, llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q4_K_S.bin, llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q5_0.bin, llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q5_1.bin |
| revision | 76cd63c351ae |
| HF snapshot | 265 downloads · 873 likes · updated 2023-09-27 · captured 2026-08-25 |
| weights battery | token-embedding scan n/a — no token-embedding tensor found in the pickle checkpoint(s) — pickle checkpoint(s) statically analyzed anyway |
| pickle audit | llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q2_K.bin, llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q3_K_L.bin, llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q3_K_M.bin, llama-2-7b-chat.ggmlv3.q3_K_S.bin — 0 standard global(s) · legacy (pre-1.6) format, head-scan only |
Battery runs (1)the run trace behind the findings — what each job measured
| battery | status | queued | duration | attempts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| weights | complete | 2026-08-25 21:49 | 13s | 1 |
weights run 2026-08-25 — measurements
| probes run | pickle-static-analysis |
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