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NTAP-20241206-0008 — CVE-2024-29857 Bouncy Castle Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2024-12-06 · Updated 2026-02-18 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20241206-0008 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · NetApp Console / BlueXP · ONTAP · OnCommand family | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 7.5

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2024-29857 — HIGH · CVSS 7.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2024-29857 — An issue was discovered in ECCurve.java and ECCurve.cs in Bouncy Castle Java (BC Java) before 1.78, BC Java LTS before 2.73.6, BC-FJA before 1.0.2.5, and BC C# .Net before 2.3.1. Importing an EC certificate with crafted F2m parameters can lead to excessive CPU consumption during the evaluation of the curve parameters.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information.

Affected products

Active IQ Unified Manager for Linux
Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
NetApp Console
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9
OnCommand Workflow Automation
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10

Official fixes

NetApp Console — vendor fix ↗

References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v435-xc8x-wvr9 ↗

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.