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NTAP-20220204-0006 — CVE-2022-23990 Expat Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2022-02-04 · Updated 2025-05-15 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20220204-0006 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 | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 7.5

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2022-23990 — HIGH · CVSS 7.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2022-23990 — Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has an integer overflow in the doProlog function.

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 VMware vSphere
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610C
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H615C
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
ONTAP 9

Official fixes

Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP 9 — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP 9 — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP 9 — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP 9 — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP 9 — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP 9 — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP 9 — vendor fix ↗
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node — 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.