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NTAP-20151112-0001 — UTF-8 Volume Language Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode

Published 2015-11-12 · Updated 2021-01-05 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: CRITICAL 9.8 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20151112-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 9.8

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2015-7746 — CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2015-7746 — NetApp Data ONTAP before 8.2.4, when operating in 7-Mode, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and (1) obtain sensitive information from or (2) modify volumes via vectors related to UTF-8 in the volume language.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to unauthorized information disclosure and modification on the affected volumes.

Affected products

Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode

Official fixes

Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode — vendor fix ↗

What to do

Check the affected products listed above against the official advisory's affected-versions table — that is where the exact ONTAP 9 release, ONTAP tool, or management product versions are named.
If affected and a fixed release exists, plan the upgrade — see the ONTAP upgrade runbook.
If exploitation is listed as "active", treat remediation as urgent and review exposure (management LIFs, ONTAP S3, SnapMirror endpoints).
Harden in parallel: security hardening baseline and ransomware protection on ONTAP.