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NTAP-20230908-0006 — CVE-2023-1255 OpenSSL Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2023-09-08 · Updated 2026-03-05 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product
Official advisory: NTAP-20230908-0006 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: Baseboard management controllers · Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · Other NetApp products | other NetApp product
CVEs in this advisory
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).
Affected products
- FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A250/500f/C250
- FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A900/9500
- FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - C190/A150/A220/FAS2720/FAS2750
- FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - FAS2820
- NetApp Cloud Backup OST Plug-in (formerly AltaVault OST Plug-in)
- NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H410S
- NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C
- NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
- Global File Cache
Official fixes
- FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A250/500f/C250 — vendor fix ↗
- FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A900/9500 — vendor fix ↗
- FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - FAS2820 — vendor fix ↗
References
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=bc2f61ad70971869b242fc1cb445b98bad50074 ↗
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=02ac9c9420275868472f33b01def01218742b8b ↗
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