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NTAP-20210702-0002 — Intel SA-00463 BIOS Firmware Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products

Published 2021-07-02 · Updated 2025-05-15 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product

Official advisory: NTAP-20210702-0002 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: E-Series / SANtricity · Other NetApp products · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · SolidFire / NetApp HCI | other NetApp product

CVEs in this advisory

Impact

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS). FAS/AFF BIOS Affected only by these two CVEs: CVE-2020-12360: AFF A700, FAS9000, AFF A700s, AFF A300, AFF A200, FAS8200, FAS2650, FAS2620, AFF A800, AFF A320, A700, AFF-A250, FAS500f, AFF A400, FAS8300, FAS8700 CVE-2020-24486: AFF A800, AFF A320, A700, AFF-A250, FAS500f, AFF A400, FAS8300, FAS8700

Affected products

E-Series BIOS
FAS/AFF BIOS - 8300/8700/A400/C400
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
NetApp HCI Compute Node BIOS
NetApp HCI Storage Node BIOS
NetApp SolidFire BIOS

Official fixes

FAS/AFF BIOS - 8300/8700/A400/C400 — vendor fix ↗
E-Series BIOS — vendor fix ↗

References

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00463.html ↗

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.