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NTAP-20220629-0009 — CVE-2022-25844 AngularJS Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2022-06-29 · Updated 2023-12-20 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 5.3 · ONTAP affected: Yes
Official advisory: NTAP-20220629-0009 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: Other NetApp products · ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 5.3
CVEs in this advisory
- CVE-2022-25844 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 · site index
What the CVE records say
CVE-2022-25844 — The package angular after 1.7.0 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) by providing a custom locale rule that makes it possible to assign the parameter in posPre: ' '.repeat() of NUMBER_FORMATS.PATTERNS[1].posPre with a very high value. **Note:** 1) This package has been deprecated and is no longer maintained. 2) The vulnerable versions are 1.7.0 and higher.
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).
Affected products
- NetApp Virtual Desktop Service (VDS)
- ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
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.
Related reading
- Common ONTAP problems (FAQ) — plain-language symptoms and fixes
- ONTAP security hardening — baseline lockdown guidance
- Ransomware protection on ONTAP — SnapLock, SnapMirror vaulting, Anomaly Detection
- ONTAP error messages index — EMS/WAFL/NFS/SnapMirror messages
- Every NetApp advisory published in 2022