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NTAP-20241025-0002 — CVE-2023-4237 Ansible Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2024-10-25 · Updated 2025-02-14 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.3 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20241025-0002 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 7.3

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2023-4237 — HIGH · CVSS 7.3 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2023-4237 — A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform. When creating a new keypair, the ec2_key module prints out the private key directly to the standard output. This flaw allows an attacker to fetch those keys from the log files, compromising the system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

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

ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10

Official fixes

ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10 — 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.