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NTAP-20260918-0017 — CVE-2026-23399 Linux Kernel 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-20260918-0017 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: SolidFire / NetApp HCI · Active IQ Unified Manager · Brocade SAN firmware · ONTAP · Other NetApp products · Baseboard management controllers · NetApp Console / BlueXP · SnapCenter | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 5.5

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2026-23399 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2026-23399 — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nf_tables: nft_dynset: fix possible stateful expression memleak in error path If cloning the second stateful expression in the element via GFP_ATOMIC fails, then the first stateful expression remains in place without being released. unreferenced object (percpu) 0x607b97e9cab8 (size 16): comm "softirq", pid 0, jiffies 4294931867 hex dump (first 16 bytes on cpu 3): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 backtrace (crc 0): pcpu_alloc_noprof+0x453/0xd80 nft_counter_clone+0x9c/0x190 [nf_tables] nft_expr_clone+0x8f/0x1b0 [nf_tables] nft_dynset_new+0x2cb/0x5f0 [nf_tables] nft_rhash_update+0x236/0x11c0 [nf_tables] nft_dynset_eval+0x11f/0x670 [nf_tables] nft_do_chain+0x253/0x1700 [nf_tables] nft_do_chain_ipv4+0x18d/0x270 [nf_tables] nf_hook_slow+0xaa/0x1e0 ip_local_deliver+0x209/0x330

Impact

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

Affected products

NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator
FAS/AFF BIOS - A900/9500
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A250/500f/C250
NetApp Console Agent OVA
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10
SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23399 ↗

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.