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NTAP-20220225-0009 — CVE-2022-0391 Python Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2022-02-25 · Updated 2024-03-07 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20220225-0009 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-2022-0391 — HIGH · CVSS 7.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2022-0391 — A flaw was found in Python, specifically within the urllib.parse module. This module helps break Uniform Resource Locator (URL) strings into components. The issue involves how the urlparse method does not sanitize input and allows characters like '\r' and '\n' in the URL path. This flaw allows an attacker to input a crafted URL, leading to injection attacks. This flaw affects Python versions prior to 3.10.0b1, 3.9.5, 3.8.11, 3.7.11 and 3.6.14.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to addition or modification of data. <br><br> ONTAP 9 (formerly Clustered Data ONTAP):<br> Affected versions are 9.8 and 9.9.1.

Affected products

Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI
NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
ONTAP 9 (formerly Clustered Data ONTAP)
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility

Official fixes

Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP 9 (formerly Clustered Data ONTAP) — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP 9 (formerly Clustered Data ONTAP) — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP 9 (formerly Clustered Data ONTAP) — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP 9 (formerly Clustered Data ONTAP) — vendor fix ↗

References

https://bugs.python.org/issue43882 ↗

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.