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NTAP-20260123-0014 — CVE-2025-68161 Apache Log4j Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2026-01-23 · Updated 2026-09-29 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: Yes
Official advisory: NTAP-20260123-0014 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: Other NetApp products · NetApp Console / BlueXP · ONTAP · SnapCenter | ONTAP-relevant
CVEs in this advisory
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information.
Affected products
- Data Infrastructure Insights and Data Secure Storage Workload Security Agent
- NetApp Manageability SDK
- NetApp Console Agent
- ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10
- SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
Official fixes
- NetApp Manageability SDK — vendor fix ↗
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/xr33kyxq3sl67lwb61ggvm1fzc8k7dvx ↗
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68161 ↗
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 2026