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NTAP-20260112-0001 — CVE-2026-22050 Locked Snapshot Vulnerability in ONTAP 9

Published 2026-01-12 · Updated 2026-01-12 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 4.3 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20260112-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 4.3

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2026-22050 — MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2026-22050 — ONTAP versions 9.16.1 prior to 9.16.1P9 and 9.17.1 prior to 9.17.1P2 with snapshot locking enabled are susceptible to a vulnerability which could allow a privileged remote attacker to set the snapshot expiry time to none.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to the deletion of snapshots or their containing volumes prior to the end of the locked snapshot retention period.

Affected products

ONTAP 9

Official fixes

ONTAP 9 — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP 9 — vendor fix ↗

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.