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NTAP-20250228-0004 — CVE-2024-40896 libxml2 Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2025-02-28 · Updated 2026-09-29 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20250228-0004 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: SolidFire / NetApp HCI · SnapManager / Snap utilities · ONTAP · SnapCenter | ONTAP-relevant

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2024-40896 · site index

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 Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H410S
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C
NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
SnapManager for Hyper-V
Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator
SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere

References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6c2p-rqx3-w4px ↗

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.