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NTAP-20261021-0004 — CVE-2026-41411 Vim Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2026-10-21 · Updated 2026-10-21 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 6.6 · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product
Product family: NetApp Console / BlueXP · SolidFire / NetApp HCI | other NetApp product | highest CVSS: 6.6
CVEs in this advisory
- CVE-2026-41411 — MEDIUM · CVSS 6.6 · site index
What the CVE records say
CVE-2026-41411 — Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0357, A command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's tag file processing. When resolving a tag, the filename field from the tags file is passed through wildcard expansion to resolve environment variables and wildcards. If the filename field contains backtick syntax (e.g., `command`), Vim executes the embedded command via the system shell with the full privileges of the running user.
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
- NetApp Console Agent
- NetApp Console Agent OVA
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
- iNetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
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