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NTAP-20190215-0001 — CVE-2018-20685 OpenSSH Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2019-02-15 · Updated 2022-01-06 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 5.3 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20190215-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Other NetApp products · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 5.3

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2018-20685 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2018-20685 — In OpenSSH 7.9, scp.c in the scp client allows remote SSH servers to bypass intended access restrictions via the filename of . or an empty filename. The impact is modifying the permissions of the target directory on the client side.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to could lead to unauthorized addition or modification of data.

Affected products

Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610)
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility

Official fixes

Cluster Network Switch (NetApp CN1610) — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility — vendor fix ↗
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node — vendor fix ↗
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node — vendor fix ↗

References

https://sintonen.fi/advisories/scp-client-multiple-vulnerabilities.txt ↗

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.