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NTAP-20210208-0002 — CVE-2020-8578 Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Clustered Data ONTAP

Published 2021-02-08 · Updated 2021-02-08 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Not public · Severity: LOW 3.3 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20210208-0002 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 3.3

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2020-8578 — LOW · CVSS 3.3 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2020-8578 — Clustered Data ONTAP versions prior to 9.3P20 are susceptible to a vulnerability which could allow an attacker to discover node names via AutoSupport bundles even when the –remove-private-data parameter is set to true.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information.

Affected products

Clustered Data ONTAP

Official fixes

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

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.