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NTAP-20200902-0001 — CVE-2020-8576 Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Clustered Data ONTAP

Published 2020-09-02 · Updated 2020-09-02 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 5.4 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20200902-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 5.4

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2020-8576 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.4 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2020-8576 — Clustered Data ONTAP versions prior to 9.3P19, 9.5P14, 9.6P9 and 9.7 are susceptible to a vulnerability which when successfully exploited could lead to addition or modification of data or disclosure of sensitive information.

Impact

The exploitation of this vulnerability allows disabled, expired or locked Active Directory user accounts to access exports and shares to which they previously had access.

Affected products

Clustered Data ONTAP

Official fixes

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