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NTAP-20240912-0002 — CVE-2023-37920 Certifi Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2024-09-12 · Updated 2026-06-12 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20240912-0002 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

CVE-2023-37920 — HIGH · CVSS 7.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2023-37920 — Certifi is a curated collection of Root Certificates for validating the trustworthiness of SSL certificates while verifying the identity of TLS hosts. Certifi prior to version 2023.07.22 recognizes "e-Tugra" root certificates. e-Tugra's root certificates were subject to an investigation prompted by reporting of security issues in their systems. Certifi 2023.07.22 removes root certificates from "e-Tugra" from the root store.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS).

Affected products

Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI
NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
ONTAP Mediator
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node

Official fixes

Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows — vendor fix ↗
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere — vendor fix ↗
Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP Mediator — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility — vendor fix ↗

References

https://github.com/certifi/python-certifi/security/advisories/GHSA-xqr8-7jwr-rhp7 ↗

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.