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NTAP-20260327-0001 — CVE-2026-3805 Libcurl Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2026-03-27 · Updated 2026-09-03 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes
Official advisory: NTAP-20260327-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: ONTAP · Brocade SAN firmware · NetApp Console / BlueXP · SolidFire / NetApp HCI | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 7.5
CVEs in this advisory
- CVE-2026-3805 — HIGH · CVSS 7.5 · site index
What the CVE records say
CVE-2026-3805 — When doing a second SMB request to the same host again, curl would wrongly use a data pointer pointing into already freed memory.
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).
Affected products
- ONTAP 9
- ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10
- Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
- NetApp Console Agent OVA
- 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 ↗
- ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10 — vendor fix ↗
References
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