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NTAP-20200520-0001 — CVE-2020-8572 Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Element OS and Element HealthTools

Published 2020-05-20 · Updated 2020-05-20 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Not public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product

Official advisory: NTAP-20200520-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Other NetApp products · SolidFire / NetApp HCI  |  other NetApp product

CVEs in this advisory

Impact

<p>Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information.</p> <p><strong>Element software 11.3 and higher:</strong> <br>Clusters running Element OS 11.3 or higher can upgrade to Management Node (mNode) version 12.0. Refer to the &ldquo;Upgrading the Management Node&rdquo; instructions under References.</p> <p><strong>Element software 10.x, 11.0&ndash;11.1:</strong> <br>Clusters running Element OS 10.x, 11.0 or 11.1 can upgrade to Element version 11.3 or higher and upgrade the mNode to version 12.0. Both the Element upgrade and the mNode upgrade are required for full resolution. To upgrade an mNode refer to the &ldquo;Upgrading the Management Node&rdquo; instructions under References.</p>

Affected products

Official fixes

References

What to do

  1. Compare your installed product and version against the affected list above and the official advisory's affected-versions table.
  2. Apply the fixed release named in the official advisory, or the documented workaround if no fix ships yet.
  3. Limit management-plane exposure (BMC/management interfaces, web UIs, SNMP) until patched.
  4. Track follow-ups in the site CVE index and the security RSS feed.

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