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NTAP-20200911-0002 — CVE-2020-8169 cURL/libcURL Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2020-09-11 · Updated 2022-01-06 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20200911-0002 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · SolidFire / NetApp HCI | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 7.5

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2020-8169 — HIGH · CVSS 7.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2020-8169 — curl 7.62.0 through 7.70.0 is vulnerable to an information disclosure vulnerability that can lead to a partial password being leaked over the network and to the DNS server(s).

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information.

Affected products

Clustered Data ONTAP
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
NetApp SolidFire Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)

Official fixes

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

References

https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2020-8169.html ↗

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.