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NTAP-20261009-0014 — CVE-2026-72685 Elasticsearch Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2026-10-09 · Updated 2026-10-09 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 4.3 · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product
Official advisory: NTAP-20261009-0014 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: Brocade SAN firmware | other NetApp product | highest CVSS: 4.3
CVEs in this advisory
- CVE-2026-72685 — MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 · site index
What the CVE records say
CVE-2026-72685 — A flaw in Elasticsearch allows a low-privileged authenticated user who can index documents to submit a single small document containing a crafted user-supplied input. Processing one such document occupies a worker thread from a bounded pool for a disproportionate amount of time, degrading the availability of indexing operations on the affected node.
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).
Affected products
- Brocade SAN Navigator (SANnav)
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