CVE-2024-21985

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in ONTAP 9

HIGH

7.6

CVSS Score

Published: January 26, 2024 at 04:01 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:10 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorClustered Data ONTAP

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Severity

HIGH7.6

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.3%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

ONTAP 9 versions prior to 9.9.1P18, 9.10.1P16, 9.11.1P13, 9.12.1P10 and 9.13.1P4 are susceptible to a vulnerability which could allow an authenticated user with multiple remote accounts with differing roles to perform actions via REST API beyond their intended privilege. Possible actions include viewing limited configuration details and metrics or modifying limited settings, some of which could result in a Denial of Service (DoS).

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Clustered Data ONTAP · NetApp

95%

9.0 ≤ v < 9.9.19.0 ≤ v < 9.9.1P189.10.0 ≤ v < 9.10.19.10.1 ≤ v < 9.10.1P169.11.0 ≤ v < 9.11.19.11.1 ≤ v < 9.11.1P139.12.0 ≤ v < 9.12.19.12.1 ≤ v < 9.12.1P109.13.0 ≤ v < 9.13.19.13.1 ≤ v < 9.13.1P49.0 9.10.1 9.11.1 9.12.1 9.13.1 9.9.1

Affected range stops below 9.10.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.10.1P16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.11.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.11.1P13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.12.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.12.1P10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.13.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.13.1P4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.9.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.9.1P18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240126-0001/

References (1)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240126-0001/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.6HIGHnetapp

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: LOW
Integrity: LOW
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-269NVD-CWE-noinfo

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