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NTAP-20241129-0011 — CVE-2023-31486 Perl Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2024-11-29 · Updated 2026-09-29 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 8.1 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20241129-0011 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 · OnCommand family · Other NetApp products | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 8.1

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2023-31486 — HIGH · CVSS 8.1 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2023-31486 — HTTP::Tiny before 0.083, a Perl core module since 5.13.9 and available standalone on CPAN, has an insecure default TLS configuration where users must opt in to verify certificates.

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 Select Deploy administration utility
OnCommand Workflow Automation
SRA Plugin for Linux

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.