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NTAP-20230324-0004 — CVE-2023-24329 Python Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2023-03-24 · Updated 2026-07-10 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20230324-0004 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: 7.5

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2023-24329 — HIGH · CVSS 7.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2023-24329 — An issue in the urllib.parse component of Python before 3.11.4 allows attackers to bypass blocklisting methods by supplying a URL that starts with blank characters.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to addition or modification of data.

Affected products

Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI
NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility

Official fixes

Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows — vendor fix ↗
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere — vendor fix ↗
Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI — 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.