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NTAP-20240126-0001 — CVE-2024-21985 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in ONTAP 9

Published 2024-01-26 · Updated 2024-01-26 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.6 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20240126-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP  |  ONTAP-relevant  |  highest CVSS: 7.6

CVEs in this advisory

What the CVE records say

CVE-2024-21985 — ONTAP 9 versions prior to 9.9.1P18, 9.10.1P16, 9.11.1P13, 9.12.1P10 and 9.13.1P4 are susceptible to a vulnerability which could allow an authenticated user with multiple remote accounts with differing roles to perform actions via REST API beyond their intended privilege. Possible actions include viewing limited configuration details and metrics or modifying limited settings, some of which could result in a Denial of Service (DoS).

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an authenticated user with a merged role to escalate their privileges in affected versions of ONTAP 9.

Affected products

Official fixes

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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