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NTAP-20250814-0008 — CVE-2025-1180 GNU Binutils Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2025-08-14 · Updated 2026-09-29 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: LOW 3.1 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20250814-0008 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: SolidFire / NetApp HCI · ONTAP · Other NetApp products | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 3.1

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2025-1180 — LOW · CVSS 3.1 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2025-1180 — A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in GNU Binutils 2.43. This affects the function _bfd_elf_write_section_eh_frame of the file bfd/elf-eh-frame.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Impact

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

Affected products

NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
FAS/AFF BIOS - A900/9500
NetApp NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI

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.