CVE-2018-5496 — Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode versions prior to 8

Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode versions prior to 8.2.5P2 are susceptible to a vulnerability which discloses sensitive information to an unauthorized user.

01What is this vulnerability?

Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode versions prior to 8.2.5P2 are susceptible to a vulnerability which discloses sensitive information to an unauthorized user.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
NetApp	Data ONTAP operating in 7	Mode — Versions below 8.2.5P2

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-12-04T20:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T05:40:49.836Z

09References

• security.netapp.com — https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181204-0001/