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NTAP-20261006-0017 — CVE-2025-25724 Libarchive Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2026-10-06 · Updated 2026-10-06 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 4.0 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20261006-0017 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Other NetApp products · NetApp Console / BlueXP · ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 4.0

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2025-25724 — MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2025-25724 — list_item_verbose in tar/util.c in libarchive through 3.7.7 does not check an strftime return value, which can lead to a denial of service or unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive that is read with a verbose value of 2. For example, the 100-byte buffer may not be sufficient for a custom locale.

Impact

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

Affected products

Data Infrastructure Insights and Data Secure Storage Workload Security Agent
NetApp Console Agent
NetApp Console Agent Container (hypervisorcontrol)
NetApp Console Agent Container (mysql)
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25724 ↗

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.