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NTAP-20211125-0005 — CVE-2021-22096 Spring Framework Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2021-11-25 · Updated 2022-12-23 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 4.3 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20211125-0005 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · ONTAP · OnCommand family · SnapCenter | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 4.3

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2021-22096 — MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2021-22096 — In Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 - 5.3.10, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, and older unsupported versions, it is possible for a user to provide malicious input to cause the insertion of additional log entries.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to addition or modification of data.

Affected products

Active IQ Unified Manager for Linux
Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI
MetroCluster Tiebreaker for clustered Data ONTAP
OnCommand Insight
Snap Creator Framework
SnapCenter

Official fixes

Active IQ Unified Manager for Linux — vendor fix ↗
Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows — vendor fix ↗
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere — vendor fix ↗
Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI — vendor fix ↗
MetroCluster Tiebreaker for clustered Data ONTAP — vendor fix ↗
OnCommand Insight — vendor fix ↗
Snap Creator Framework — vendor fix ↗
SnapCenter — vendor fix ↗

References

https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2021-22096 ↗

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.