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NTAP-20250725-0001 — CVE-2025-40776 ISC Bind Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2025-07-25 · Updated 2026-03-05 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: Yes
Official advisory: NTAP-20250725-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · Brocade SAN firmware · E-Series / SANtricity · Baseboard management controllers · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · ONTAP · StorageGRID | ONTAP-relevant
CVEs in this advisory
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to addition or modification of data.
Affected products
- Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
- Brocade SAN Navigator (SANnav)
- E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x
- FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A250/500f/C250
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
- ONTAP 9
- ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10
- ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9
- StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
References
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.
Related reading
- Common ONTAP problems (FAQ) — plain-language symptoms and fixes
- ONTAP security hardening — baseline lockdown guidance
- Ransomware protection on ONTAP — SnapLock, SnapMirror vaulting, Anomaly Detection
- ONTAP error messages index — EMS/WAFL/NFS/SnapMirror messages
- Every NetApp advisory published in 2025