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NTAP-20241115-0010 — CVE-2022-3520 Vim Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2024-11-15 · Updated 2026-01-16 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: CRITICAL 9.8 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20241115-0010 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: 9.8

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2022-3520 — CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2022-3520 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0765.

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 Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)

Official fixes

Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere — vendor fix ↗
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.