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NTAP-20200709-0004 — CVE-2020-14145 OpenSSH Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2020-07-09 · Updated 2025-12-17 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 5.9 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20200709-0004 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 · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 5.9

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2020-14145 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2020-14145 — The client side in OpenSSH 5.7 through 8.4 has an Observable Discrepancy leading to an information leak in the algorithm negotiation. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to target initial connection attempts (where no host key for the server has been cached by the client). NOTE: some reports state that 8.5 and 8.6 are also affected.

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
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
NetApp SolidFire Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
NetApp SteelStore Cloud Integrated Storage
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility

Official fixes

AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s — vendor fix ↗
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software) — 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.