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NTAP-20260924-0011 — CVE-2026-59280 Spring Framework Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2026-09-24 · Updated 2026-09-29 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 4.3 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20260924-0011 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · Brocade SAN firmware · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · Other NetApp products · ONTAP · SnapCenter | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 4.3

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2026-59280 — MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2026-59280 — Applications using Spring Framework's FreeMarker integration may be vulnerable to a path traversal attack when a controller returns a view name derived from untrusted input and FreeMarker is configured to resolve templates through SpringTemplateLoader. Spring Framework 7.0.0 - 7.0.8 Spring Framework 6.2.0 - 6.2.19 Spring Framework 6.1.0 - 6.1.28 Spring Framework 6.0.0 - 6.0.30 Spring Framework 5.3.0 - 5.3.49 Spring Framework 5.2.25.RELEASE and earlier

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information.

Affected products

Active IQ Unified Manager for Linux
Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
Brocade SAN Navigator (SANnav)
Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI
MetroCluster Tiebreaker
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://spring.io/security/cve-2026-59280 ↗

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.