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NTAP-20220104-0001 — CVE-2021-44832 Apache Log4j Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2022-01-04 · Updated 2022-01-31 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20220104-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · Brocade SAN firmware · NetApp Console / BlueXP · Other NetApp products · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · ONTAP · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · OnCommand family · SnapCenter · SnapManager / Snap utilities · StorageGRID | ONTAP-relevant

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2021-44832 · site index

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS).

Affected products

Active IQ Unified Manager for Linux
Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
Brocade SAN Navigator (SANnav)
Cloud Insights Acquisition Unit
Cloud Manager
Cloud Secure Agent
Element Plug-in for vCenter Server
Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI
MetroCluster Tiebreaker for clustered Data ONTAP
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)

References

https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html ↗

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.