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NTAP-20260116-0019 — CVE-2024-25062 Libxml2 Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2026-01-16 · Updated 2026-07-22 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20260116-0019 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · ONTAP · Other NetApp products · SolidFire / NetApp HCI | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 7.5

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2024-25062 — HIGH · CVSS 7.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2024-25062 — An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.11.7 and 2.12.x before 2.12.5. When using the XML Reader interface with DTD validation and XInclude expansion enabled, processing crafted XML documents can lead to an xmlValidatePopElement use-after-free.

Impact

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

Affected products

Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
ONTAP 9
NetApp SMI-S Provider
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)

Official fixes

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

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25062 ↗

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.