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NTAP-20261016-0013 — CVE-2026-4786 Python Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2026-10-16 · Updated 2026-10-16 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.1 · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product

Official advisory: NTAP-20261016-0013 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · Other NetApp products · NetApp Console / BlueXP · SolidFire / NetApp HCI | other NetApp product | highest CVSS: 7.1

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2026-4786 — HIGH · CVSS 7.1 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2026-4786 — Mitgation of CVE-2026-4519 was incomplete. If the URL contained "%action" the mitigation could be bypassed for certain browser types the "webbrowser.open()" API could have commands injected into the underlying shell. See CVE-2026-4519 for details.

Impact

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

Affected products

Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows
FAS/AFF BIOS - A900/9500
NetApp Console Agent Container (docker_occm)
NetApp Console Agent OVA
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
NetApp XCP NFS
NetApp XCP SMB
iNetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)

References

https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/JQDUNJVB4AQNTJECSUKOBDU3XC ↗

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.
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