CVE-2023-27317 — ONTAP 9 versions 9

ONTAP 9 versions 9.12.1P8, 9.13.1P4, and 9.13.1P5 are susceptible to a vulnerability which will cause all SAS-attached FIPS 140-2 drives to become unlocked after a system reboot or power cycle or a single SAS-attached FIPS 140-2 drive to become unlocked after reinsertion. This co

01What is this vulnerability?

ONTAP 9 versions 9.12.1P8, 9.13.1P4, and 9.13.1P5 are susceptible to a vulnerability which will cause all SAS-attached FIPS 140-2 drives to become unlocked after a system reboot or power cycle or a single SAS-attached FIPS 140-2 drive to become unlocked after reinsertion. This could lead to disclosure of sensitive information to an attacker with physical access to the unlocked drives.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
NetApp	ONTAP 9	9.12.1P8, 9.13.1P4, 9.13.1P5

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: 2023-12-15T22:59:11.093Z
• Last modified: 2025-05-07T20:42:38.376Z

09References

• security.netapp.com — https://security.netapp.com/advisory/NTAP-20231215-0001/