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NTAP-20261027-0001 — CVE-2026-22063 eMudhra CA Certificate Compromise in NetApp Products
Published 2026-10-27 · Updated 2026-10-27 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 6.0 · ONTAP affected: Yes
Product family: E-Series / SANtricity · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · ONTAP · StorageGRID · Other NetApp products · Baseboard management controllers · Active IQ Unified Manager · Brocade SAN firmware · NetApp Console / BlueXP · SnapCenter · OnCommand family | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 6.0
CVEs in this advisory
- CVE-2026-22063 — MEDIUM · CVSS 6.0 · site index
What the CVE records say
CVE-2026-22063 — The private keys of eight eMudhra intermediate CA certificates have been compromised. eMudhra revoked the eight affected intermediate certificates on October 18, 2026. While this is not a software vulnerability, CVE-2026-22063 has been assigned to track relevant changes in impacted NetApp products.
Impact
Successful attackers could perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack. <br><br> ONTAP 9:<br> The “AAA Certificate Services” root certificate was preinstalled in versions prior to 9.18.1.
Affected products
- E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software
- NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S
- ONTAP 9
- StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
- AFF BIOS - A700s
- 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
- AI Data Engine (AIDE)
- Active IQ Config Advisor
- Active IQ OneCollect
- Active IQ Unified Manager for Linux
References
- https://emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com/ ↗
- https://emudhra.com/en/press-release/emudhra-statement-distrust-global-tls-intermediate-root-ca ↗
- https://www.cert-in.org.in/s2cMainServlet?pageid=PUBVLNOTES02&VLCODE=CIAD-2026-0050 ↗
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.
Related reading
- Common ONTAP problems (FAQ) — plain-language symptoms and fixes
- ONTAP security hardening — baseline lockdown guidance
- Ransomware protection on ONTAP — SnapLock, SnapMirror vaulting, Anomaly Detection
- ONTAP error messages index — EMS/WAFL/NFS/SnapMirror messages
- Every NetApp advisory published in 2026