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NTAP-20240524-0004 — CVE-2024-28834 GNU TLS Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2024-05-24 · Updated 2025-05-29 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 5.3 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20240524-0004 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · Other NetApp products · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 5.3

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2024-28834 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2024-28834 — A flaw was found in GnuTLS. The Minerva attack is a cryptographic vulnerability that exploits deterministic behavior in systems like GnuTLS, leading to side-channel leaks. In specific scenarios, such as when using the GNUTLS_PRIVKEY_FLAG_REPRODUCIBLE flag, it can result in a noticeable step in nonce size from 513 to 512 bits, exposing a potential timing side-channel.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information.

Affected products

Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
NetApp Converged Systems Advisor Agent
NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10

Official fixes

ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility — vendor fix ↗

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.