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NTAP-20260925-0023 — CVE-2026-14164 Libarchive Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2026-09-25 · Updated 2026-10-02 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.5 · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product
Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · NetApp Console / BlueXP · Other NetApp products | other NetApp product | highest CVSS: 7.5
CVEs in this advisory
- CVE-2026-14164 — HIGH · CVSS 7.5 · site index
What the CVE records say
CVE-2026-14164 — A double free issue has been identified in libarchive's RAR5 reader. During parsing of a specially crafted RAR5 archive, the filtered_buf pointer may remain stale after being freed during unpacking state reinitialization. Subsequent processing of another archive entry can trigger a second free of the same memory region, resulting in a double-free condition. Successful exploitation may cause applications using the vulnerable libarchive API to terminate unexpectedly, leading to a denial of service.
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).
Affected products
- Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
- NetApp Console Agent
- NetApp Console Agent Container (mysql)
- NetApp LOADER 8.x
References
What to do
- Compare your installed product and version against the affected list above and the official advisory's affected-versions table.
- Apply the fixed release named in the official advisory, or the documented workaround if no fix ships yet.
- Limit management-plane exposure (BMC/management interfaces, web UIs, SNMP) until patched.
- Track follow-ups in the site CVE index and the security RSS feed.
Related reading
- Site CVE index — every CVE we track, split by year
- Security hub — recent NetApp advisories and what changed
- Security hardening baseline — applies to NetApp management planes generally
- Every NetApp advisory published in 2026