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NTAP-20231215-0001 — CVE-2023-27317 Information Disclosure Vulnerability in ONTAP 9

Published 2023-12-15 · Updated 2023-12-15 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 4.3 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20231215-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 4.3

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2023-27317 — MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2023-27317 — ONTAP 9 versions 9.12.1P8, 9.13.1P4, and 9.13.1P5 are susceptible to a vulnerability which will cause all SAS-attached FIPS 140-2 drives to become unlocked after a system reboot or power cycle or a single SAS-attached FIPS 140-2 drive to become unlocked after reinsertion. This could lead to disclosure of sensitive information to an attacker with physical access to the unlocked drives.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information to an attacker with physical access to the unlocked drives.

Affected products

ONTAP 9 (formerly Clustered Data ONTAP)

Official fixes

ONTAP 9 (formerly Clustered Data ONTAP) — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP 9 (formerly Clustered Data ONTAP) — vendor fix ↗

References

https://kb.netapp.com/Support_Bulletins/Customer_Bulletins/SU551 ↗

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.