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NTAP-20181101-0001 — CVE-2018-15473 OpenSSH Username Enumeration Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2018-11-01 · Updated 2022-01-06 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 5.3 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20181101-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Baseboard management controllers · Active IQ Unified Manager · Other NetApp products · ONTAP · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · SolidFire / NetApp HCI | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 5.3

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2018-15473 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2018-15473 — OpenSSH through 7.7 is prone to a user enumeration vulnerability due to not delaying bailout for an invalid authenticating user until after the packet containing the request has been fully parsed, related to auth2-gss.c, auth2-hostbased.c, and auth2-pubkey.c.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information.

Affected products

AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610)
Clustered Data ONTAP
Data ONTAP Edge
Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A320/C190/A220/FAS2720/FAS2750/A800
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
NetApp SolidFire Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage
NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility

Official fixes

Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode — vendor fix ↗
Storage Replication Adapter for Clustered Data ONTAP for VMware vSphere 9.7 and above — vendor fix ↗
AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s — 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 ↗
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 ↗
Service Processor — vendor fix ↗
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A320/C190/A220/FAS2720/FAS2750/A800 — 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.