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NTAP-20241213-0007 — CVE-2023-43804 urllib3 Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2024-12-13 · Updated 2026-07-10 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 5.9 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20241213-0007 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: 5.9

CVEs in this advisory

What the CVE records say

CVE-2023-43804 — urllib3 is a user-friendly HTTP client library for Python. urllib3 doesn't treat the `Cookie` HTTP header special or provide any helpers for managing cookies over HTTP, that is the responsibility of the user. However, it is possible for a user to specify a `Cookie` header and unknowingly leak information via HTTP redirects to a different origin if that user doesn't disable redirects explicitly. This issue has been patched in urllib3 version 1.26.17 or 2.0.5.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information or addition or modification of data.

Affected products

Official fixes

References

What to do

  1. 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.
  2. If affected and a fixed release exists, plan the upgrade — see the ONTAP upgrade runbook.
  3. If exploitation is listed as "active", treat remediation as urgent and review exposure (management LIFs, ONTAP S3, SnapMirror endpoints).
  4. Harden in parallel: security hardening baseline and ransomware protection on ONTAP.

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