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NTAP-20241206-0005 — CVE-2023-28642 runc Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2024-12-06 · Updated 2025-05-29 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 6.1 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20241206-0005 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: SolidFire / NetApp HCI · ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 6.1

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2023-28642 — MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2023-28642 — runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. It was found that AppArmor can be bypassed when `/proc` inside the container is symlinked with a specific mount configuration. This issue has been fixed in runc version 1.1.5, by prohibiting symlinked `/proc`. See PR #3785 for details. users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid using an untrusted container image.

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

NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10

Official fixes

ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10 — vendor fix ↗

References

https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/security/advisories/GHSA-g2j6-57v7-gm8c ↗

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.