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NTAP-20161220-0001 — CVE-2016-7172 Sensitive Information Disclosure in Snap Creator Framework
Published 2016-12-20 · Updated 2016-12-20 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Not public · Severity: HIGH 7.5 · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product
Official advisory: NTAP-20161220-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: SnapCenter | other NetApp product | highest CVSS: 7.5
CVEs in this advisory
- CVE-2016-7172 — HIGH · CVSS 7.5 · site index
What the CVE records say
CVE-2016-7172 — NetApp Snap Creator Framework before 4.3.1 discloses sensitive information which could be viewed by an unauthorized user.
Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information.
Affected products
- Snap Creator Framework
Official fixes
- Snap Creator Framework — vendor fix ↗
What to do
- Compare your installed product and version against the affected list above and the official advisory's affected-versions table.
- Apply the fixed release named in the official advisory, or the documented workaround if no fix ships yet.
- Limit management-plane exposure (BMC/management interfaces, web UIs, SNMP) until patched.
- Track follow-ups in the site CVE index and the security RSS feed.
Related reading
- Site CVE index — every CVE we track, split by year
- Security hub — recent NetApp advisories and what changed
- Security hardening baseline — applies to NetApp management planes generally
- Every NetApp advisory published in 2016