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NTAP-20190801-0002 — CVE-2019-5493 Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode

Published 2019-08-01 · Updated 2019-08-01 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20190801-0002 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 7.5

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2019-5493 — HIGH · CVSS 7.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2019-5493 — Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode versions prior to 8.2.5P3 are susceptible to a vulnerability which discloses information to an unauthenticated attacker. A successful attack requires that multiple non-default options be enabled.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to information disclosure to an unauthenticated attacker.

Affected products

Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode

Official fixes

Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode — 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.