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NTAP-20201123-0004 — CVE-2020-27619 Python Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2020-11-23 · Updated 2021-05-19 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20201123-0004 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · ONTAP · Other NetApp products · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · NetApp Console / BlueXP · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · OnCommand family · SnapCenter · StorageGRID | ONTAP-relevant

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2020-27619 · site index

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 Linux
Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator
Inventory Collect Tool
Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI
NetApp BlueXP
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
NetApp Converged Systems Advisor Agent
NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
NetApp XCP NFS

References

https://bugs.python.org/issue41944 ↗

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.