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NTAP-20260501-0013 — CVE-2026-22732 Spring Security Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2026-05-01 · Updated 2026-10-07 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: CRITICAL 9.1 · ONTAP affected: Yes
Product family: Other NetApp products · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · ONTAP · Brocade SAN firmware | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 9.1
CVEs in this advisory
- CVE-2026-22732 — CRITICAL · CVSS 9.1 · site index
What the CVE records say
CVE-2026-22732 — When applications specify HTTP response headers for servlet applications using Spring Security, there is the possibility that the HTTP Headers will not be written. This issue affects Spring Security Servlet applications using lazy (default) writing of HTTP Headers: : from 5.7.0 through 5.7.21, from 5.8.0 through 5.8.23, from 6.3.0 through 6.3.14, from 6.4.0 through 6.4.14, from 6.5.0 through 6.5.8, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.3.
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information or addition or modification of data.
Affected products
- Element Plug-in for vCenter Server
- Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI
- ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10
- Brocade SAN Navigator (SANnav)
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
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