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NTAP-20230908-0008 — CVE-2022-24963 Apache Portable Runtime (APR) Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2023-09-08 · Updated 2026-03-11 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: CRITICAL 9.8 · ONTAP affected: Yes
Official advisory: NTAP-20230908-0008 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: SolidFire / NetApp HCI · ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 9.8
CVEs in this advisory
- CVE-2022-24963 — CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 · site index
What the CVE records say
CVE-2022-24963 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in apr_encode functions of Apache Portable Runtime (APR) allows an attacker to write beyond bounds of a buffer. This issue affects Apache Portable Runtime (APR) version 1.7.0.
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
- NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
- ONTAP 9
Official fixes
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software) — vendor fix ↗
- ONTAP 9 — vendor fix ↗
- ONTAP 9 — vendor fix ↗
- ONTAP 9 — vendor fix ↗
- ONTAP 9 — vendor fix ↗
- ONTAP 9 — vendor fix ↗
- ONTAP 9 — vendor fix ↗
References
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.
Related reading
- Common ONTAP problems (FAQ) — plain-language symptoms and fixes
- ONTAP security hardening — baseline lockdown guidance
- Ransomware protection on ONTAP — SnapLock, SnapMirror vaulting, Anomaly Detection
- ONTAP error messages index — EMS/WAFL/NFS/SnapMirror messages
- Every NetApp advisory published in 2023