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NTAP-20230929-0008 — CVE-2022-48560 Python Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2023-09-29 · Updated 2025-10-29 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20230929-0008 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

What the CVE records say

CVE-2022-48560 — A use-after-free exists in Python through 3.9 via heappushpop in heapq.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS). <br><br> Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows:<br> 9.8 and 9.10 are affected, 9.9 was not evaluated.<br> Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere<br> 9.8, 9.10 and 9.11 are affected, 9.9 was not evaluated.<br>

Affected products

Official fixes

References

What to do

  1. 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.
  2. If affected and a fixed release exists, plan the upgrade — see the ONTAP upgrade runbook.
  3. If exploitation is listed as "active", treat remediation as urgent and review exposure (management LIFs, ONTAP S3, SnapMirror endpoints).
  4. Harden in parallel: security hardening baseline and ransomware protection on ONTAP.

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