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NTAP-20260925-0024 — CVE-2026-49839 jq Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2026-09-25 · Updated 2026-09-25 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.1 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20260925-0024 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: 7.1

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2026-49839 — HIGH · CVSS 7.1 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2026-49839 — jq is a command-line JSON processor. Prior to 1.8.2,` jq --rawfile` can turn a handled oversized-string error into invalid-state reuse and a real heap out-of-bounds write in assertion-disabled builds. When jv_load_file(raw=1) reads an attacker-controlled file, it repeatedly appends file chunks to the same jv string accumulator. Once jv_string_append_buf() returns jv_invalid_with_msg("String too long"), the raw-file loop does not stop. If the file contains at least one more byte, the next loop iteration appends a new chunk to an object that is already invalid. With assertions enabled this aborts in jvp_string_ptr(). With assertions disabled, the invalid object is interpreted as a string object and ASan reports heap-buffer-overflow. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.2.

Impact

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

Affected products

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

References

https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-cfh2-vwfq-qfmm ↗

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.