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NTAP-20230427-0012 — CVE-2021-39537 GNU Ncurses Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2023-04-27 · Updated 2024-02-23 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product
Official advisory: NTAP-20230427-0012 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · E-Series / SANtricity · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · SolidFire / NetApp HCI | other NetApp product
CVEs in this advisory
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS).
Affected products
- Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
- E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x
- NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
- NetApp E-Series Performance Analyzer
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
Official fixes
- Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere — vendor fix ↗
- E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x — vendor fix ↗
- E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp E-Series Performance Analyzer — vendor fix ↗
What to do
- Compare your installed product and version against the affected list above and the official advisory's affected-versions table.
- Apply the fixed release named in the official advisory, or the documented workaround if no fix ships yet.
- Limit management-plane exposure (BMC/management interfaces, web UIs, SNMP) until patched.
- Track follow-ups in the site CVE index and the security RSS feed.
Related reading
- Site CVE index — every CVE we track, split by year
- Security hub — recent NetApp advisories and what changed
- Security hardening baseline — applies to NetApp management planes generally
- Every NetApp advisory published in 2023