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NTAP-20230214-0001 — CVE-2022-40897 Python Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2023-02-14 · Updated 2025-02-04 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 5.9 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20230214-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · ONTAP · SolidFire / NetApp HCI | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 5.9

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2022-40897 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2022-40897 — Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) setuptools before 65.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via HTML in a crafted package or custom PackageIndex page. There is a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in package_index.py.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS). <br><br> ONTAP Mediator: <br> Setuptools is used only during installation.

Affected products

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

Official fixes

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

References

https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages/ ↗

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.