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NTAP-20261028-0009 — CVE-2026-80353 Apache Tomcat Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2026-10-28 · Updated 2026-10-28 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: Yes
Product family: Brocade SAN firmware · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · NetApp Console / BlueXP · ONTAP · SnapCenter | ONTAP-relevant
CVEs in this advisory
What the CVE records say
CVE-2026-80353 — Time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability in Apache Tomcat when creating unix domain sockets for the APR/Native connector allows an unauthorised local user to access the unix domain socket. The fix for CVE-2026-65183 only addressed the NIO connector. It did not address the same issue in the APR/Native connector. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 9.0.47 through 9.0.122. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.0.123, which fixes the issue.
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
- Brocade SAN Navigator (SANnav)
- Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI
- NetApp Console Agent
- NetApp Console Agent Container (docker_occm)
- NetApp Console Agent Container (vmservice_controlplane)
- ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10
- SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
References
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