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NTAP-20240905-0006 — CVE-2024-36916 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2024-09-05 · Updated 2026-03-05 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: Yes
Official advisory: NTAP-20240905-0006 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
CVEs in this advisory
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to addition or modification of data or Denial of Service (DoS).
Affected products
- NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H410S
- NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C
- NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610C
- NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S
- NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H615C
- NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
- ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10
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 2024