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NTAP-20260918-0010 — CVE-2026-44777 jq Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2026-09-18 · Updated 2026-09-18 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 5.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20260918-0010 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP · SolidFire / NetApp HCI | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 5.5

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2026-44777 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2026-44777 — jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.2rc1 and earlier, the ordinary module loader recurses without cycle detection when two otherwise valid modules include each other.

Impact

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

Affected products

Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44777 ↗

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.