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NTAP-20261006-0016 — CVE-2025-5914 Libarchive Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2026-10-06 · Updated 2026-10-06 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.8 · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product
Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · Other NetApp products · NetApp Console / BlueXP | other NetApp product | highest CVSS: 7.8
CVEs in this advisory
- CVE-2025-5914 — HIGH · CVSS 7.8 · site index
What the CVE records say
CVE-2025-5914 — A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library, specifically within the archive_read_format_rar_seek_data() function. This flaw involves an integer overflow that can ultimately lead to a double-free condition. Exploiting a double-free vulnerability can result in memory corruption, enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition.
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data or Denial of Service (DoS).
Affected products
- Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
- Data Infrastructure Insights and Data Secure Storage Workload Security Agent
- NetApp Console Agent Container (hypervisorcontrol)
- NetApp Console Agent Container (mysql)
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