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NTAP-20201222-0001 — CVE-2020-1749 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2020-12-22 · Updated 2025-04-29 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product
Official advisory: NTAP-20201222-0001 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.
Affected products
- Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
- NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
- NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
- NetApp SolidFire Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
Official fixes
- Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS) — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software) — vendor fix ↗
References
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