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NTAP-20241018-0005 — CVE-2024-45492 Libexpat Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2024-10-18 · Updated 2026-09-30 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product

Official advisory: NTAP-20241018-0005 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 · Other NetApp products · NetApp Console / BlueXP · SnapCenter | other NetApp product

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2024-45492 · site index

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 VMware vSphere
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)
SAN Host Utilities for Windows
FAS/AFF BIOS - A900/9500
NetApp Console Agent
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)

Official fixes

Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere — vendor fix ↗
SAN Host Utilities for Windows — vendor fix ↗

What to do

Compare your installed product and version against the affected list above and the official advisory's affected-versions table.
Apply the fixed release named in the official advisory, or the documented workaround if no fix ships yet.
Limit management-plane exposure (BMC/management interfaces, web UIs, SNMP) until patched.
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