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NTAP-20261014-0020 — CVE-2026-106589 OpenSSH Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2026-10-14 · Updated 2026-10-14 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: LOW 2.9 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20261014-0020 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Baseboard management controllers · Active IQ Unified Manager · Brocade SAN firmware · Other NetApp products · NetApp Console / BlueXP · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · ONTAP · SnapCenter | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 2.9

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2026-106589 — LOW · CVSS 2.9 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2026-106589 — In sshd in OpenSSH through 10.6, in certain environments such as QNX 6 and SCO OpenServer 5, sshd-session can unexpectedly have root privileges. This is related to the GatewayPorts and StreamLocalForwarding configuration options, and lack of support for file-descriptor passing and unprivileged allocation of PTY devices.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to addition or modification of data.

Affected products

AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s
AFF/ASA/FAS Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A1K/A90/A70/C80/FAS90/FAS70
AFF/ASA/FAS Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A50/A30/A20/C60/C30/FAS50
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
FAS/AFF BIOS - A900/9500
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400/C400
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A250/500f/C250
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A320
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A800/C800
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A900/9500
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - C190/A150/A220/FAS2720/FAS2750

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-106589 ↗

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.