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NTAP-20180423-0004 — CVE-2017-15906 OpenSSH Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2018-04-23 · Updated 2022-01-06 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 5.3 · ONTAP affected: Yes
Official advisory: NTAP-20180423-0004 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · Other NetApp products · ONTAP · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · OnCommand family | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 5.3
CVEs in this advisory
- CVE-2017-15906 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 · site index
What the CVE records say
CVE-2017-15906 — The process_open function in sftp-server.c in OpenSSH before 7.6 does not properly prevent write operations in readonly mode, which allows attackers to create zero-length files.
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized addition or modification of data.
Affected products
- Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
- Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610)
- Clustered Data ONTAP
- Data ONTAP Edge
- NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
- NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage
- NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 6.x
- NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above
- OnCommand Unified Manager Core Package
- Storage Replication Adapter for Clustered Data ONTAP for VMware vSphere 9.7 and above
- Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere 9.7 and above
Official fixes
- Storage Replication Adapter for Clustered Data ONTAP for VMware vSphere 9.7 and above — vendor fix ↗
- Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere 9.7 and above — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node — vendor fix ↗
- Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
- Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere — vendor fix ↗
- Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610) — 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.
Related reading
- Common ONTAP problems (FAQ) — plain-language symptoms and fixes
- ONTAP security hardening — baseline lockdown guidance
- Ransomware protection on ONTAP — SnapLock, SnapMirror vaulting, Anomaly Detection
- ONTAP error messages index — EMS/WAFL/NFS/SnapMirror messages
- Every NetApp advisory published in 2018