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NTAP-20180927-0001 — CVE-2018-12015 Perl Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2018-09-27 · Updated 2020-01-09 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20180927-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP · OnCommand family · SnapCenter | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 7.5

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2018-12015 — HIGH · CVSS 7.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2018-12015 — In Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism, and overwrite arbitrary files, via an archive file containing a symlink and a regular file with the same name.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to the modification of Perl accessible data via a specially crafted tar archive.

Affected products

Data ONTAP Edge
OnCommand Workflow Automation
Snap Creator Framework

Official fixes

OnCommand Workflow Automation — vendor fix ↗
Snap Creator Framework — 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.