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NTAP-20201113-0008 — CVE-2020-8583 Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability in NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
Published 2020-11-13 · Updated 2020-11-13 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product
Official advisory: NTAP-20201113-0008 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: SolidFire / NetApp HCI | other NetApp product
CVEs in this advisory
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information. <br><br> <b>Element software 11.x and higher:</b> Clusters running Element OS 11.x can upgrade directly to Element software version 12.2 via standard processes. <br><br> <b>Element software 10.x:</b> Clusters running Element software 10.x can upgrade to Element version 11.8 or higher and then upgrade to Element software 12.2 via standard processes.
Affected products
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
Official fixes
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software) — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software) — 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