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NTAP-20241213-0010 — CVE-2024-7254 Protobuf-java Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2024-12-13 · Updated 2026-02-18 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20241213-0010 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 | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 7.5

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2024-7254 — HIGH · CVSS 7.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2024-7254 — Any project that parses untrusted Protocol Buffers data containing an arbitrary number of nested groups / series of SGROUP tags can corrupted by exceeding the stack limit i.e. StackOverflow. Parsing nested groups as unknown fields with DiscardUnknownFieldsParser or Java Protobuf Lite parser, or against Protobuf map fields, creates unbounded recursions that can be abused by an attacker.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).

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 10

Official fixes

NetApp Console — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10 — vendor fix ↗

References

https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/security/advisories/GHSA-735f-pc8j-v9w8 ↗

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.