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NTAP-20260814-0020 — CVE-2026-7598 Libssh2 Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2026-08-14 · Updated 2026-09-03 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.3 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20260814-0020 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · ONTAP · Other NetApp products · SolidFire / NetApp HCI | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 7.3

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2026-7598 — HIGH · CVSS 7.3 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2026-7598 — A security vulnerability has been detected in libssh2 up to 1.11.1. The impacted element is the function userauth_password of the file src/userauth.c. Such manipulation of the argument username_len/password_len leads to integer overflow. The attack may be launched remotely. The name of the patch is 256d04b60d80bf1190e96b0ad1e91b2174d744b1. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS).

Affected products

Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
FAS/AFF BIOS - A900/9500
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)

References

https://github.com/PierfrancescoConti/leaflet-cve-2025-69993/blob/main/ADVISORY.md ↗

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.