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NTAP-20260204-0005 — CVE-2026-22795 OpenSSL Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2026-02-04 · Updated 2026-10-07 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 5.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20260204-0005 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Brocade SAN firmware · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · NetApp Console / BlueXP · Other NetApp products · ONTAP · Active IQ Unified Manager · SnapCenter | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 5.5

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2026-22795 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2026-22795 — Issue summary: An invalid or NULL pointer dereference can happen in an application processing a malformed PKCS#12 file. Impact summary: An application processing a malformed PKCS#12 file can be caused to dereference an invalid or NULL pointer on memory read, resulting in a Denial of Service. A type confusion vulnerability exists in PKCS#12 parsing code where an ASN1_TYPE union member is accessed without first validating the type, causing an invalid pointer read. The location is constrained to a 1-byte address space, meaning any attempted pointer manipulation can only target addresses between 0x00 and 0xFF. This range corresponds to the zero page, which is unmapped on most modern operating systems and will reliably result in a crash, leading only to a Denial of Service. Exploiting this issue also requires a user or application to process a maliciously crafted PKCS#12 file. It is uncommon to accept untrusted PKCS#12 files in applications as they are usually used to store private keys which are trusted by definition. For these reasons, the issue was assessed as Low severity. The FIPS modules in 3.5, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue, as the PKCS12 implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary. OpenSSL 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.0 and 1.1.1 are vulnerable to this issue. OpenSSL 1.0.2 is not affected by this issue.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS). <br><br> NetApp Manageability SDK:<br> OpenSSL was removed in 9.8P8.

Affected products

Brocade SAN Navigator (SANnav)
Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI
NetApp Console Agent Container (cbs-backend)
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S
NetApp LOADER 8.x
ONTAP 9
Active IQ Config Advisor
Active IQ OneCollect
Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator
Global File Cache
NetApp Console Agent Container (alert-service-client)
NetApp Console Agent Container (alertmanager)

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://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260127.txt ↗

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.