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NTAP-20220909-0004 — CVE-2019-17498 Libssh2 Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2022-09-09 · Updated 2024-03-07 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 8.1 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20220909-0004 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: 8.1

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2019-17498 — HIGH · CVSS 8.1 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2019-17498 — In libssh2 v1.9.0 and earlier versions, the SSH_MSG_DISCONNECT logic in packet.c has an integer overflow in a bounds check, enabling an attacker to specify an arbitrary (out-of-bounds) offset for a subsequent memory read. A crafted SSH server may be able to disclose sensitive information or cause a denial of service condition on the client system when a user connects to the server.

Impact

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

Affected products

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

Official fixes

Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility — 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.