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NTAP-20200904-0002 — CVE-2020-14356 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2020-09-04 · Updated 2022-05-27 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product
Official advisory: NTAP-20200904-0002 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · SolidFire / NetApp HCI | other NetApp product
CVEs in this advisory
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
- Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
- NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
- NetApp SolidFire Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
Official fixes
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node — vendor fix ↗
- Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere — vendor fix ↗
What to do
- Compare your installed product and version against the affected list above and the official advisory's affected-versions table.
- Apply the fixed release named in the official advisory, or the documented workaround if no fix ships yet.
- Limit management-plane exposure (BMC/management interfaces, web UIs, SNMP) until patched.
- Track follow-ups in the site CVE index and the security RSS feed.
Related reading
- Site CVE index — every CVE we track, split by year
- Security hub — recent NetApp advisories and what changed
- Security hardening baseline — applies to NetApp management planes generally
- Every NetApp advisory published in 2020