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NTAP-20200625-0005 — CVE-2020-7456 FreeBSD Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2020-06-25 · Updated 2021-11-25 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 6.8 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20200625-0005 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 6.8

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2020-7456 — MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2020-7456 — In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r361918, 12.1-RELEASE before p6, 11.4-STABLE before r361919, 11.3-RELEASE before p10, and 11.4-RC2 before p1, an invalid memory location may be used for HID items if the push/pop level is not restored within the processing of that HID item allowing an attacker with physical access to a USB port to be able to use a specially crafted USB device to gain kernel or user-space code execution.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS).

Affected products

Clustered Data ONTAP

Official fixes

Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
Clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗

References

https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:17.usb.asc ↗

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.