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NTAP-20211223-0008 — CVE-2021-27007 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in NetApp Virtual Desktop Service (VDS)
Published 2021-12-23 · Updated 2021-12-23 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: CRITICAL 9.8 · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product
Official advisory: NTAP-20211223-0008 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: Other NetApp products | other NetApp product | highest CVSS: 9.8
CVEs in this advisory
- CVE-2021-27007 — CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 · site index
What the CVE records say
CVE-2021-27007 — NetApp Virtual Desktop Service (VDS) when used with an HTML5 gateway is susceptible to a vulnerability which when successfully exploited could allow an unauthenticated attacker to takeover a Remote Desktop Session.
Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS).
Affected products
- NetApp Virtual Desktop Service (VDS)
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 2021