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NTAP-20260508-0002 — CVE-2026-22990 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2026-05-08 · Updated 2026-09-22 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20260508-0002 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP · NetApp Console / BlueXP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 7.5

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2026-22990 — HIGH · CVSS 7.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2026-22990 — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: replace overzealous BUG_ON in osdmap_apply_incremental() If the osdmap is (maliciously) corrupted such that the incremental osdmap epoch is different from what is expected, there is no need to BUG. Instead, just declare the incremental osdmap to be invalid.

Impact

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

Affected products

ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10
NetApp Console Agent OVA

References

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026012351-CVE-2026-22990-a62e@gregkh/T/#u ↗

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.