CVE-2024-21985: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in ONTAP 9

7.6 CVSS

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).

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-21985

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.6

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Problem Types

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

Vendor: NetApp

Product: ONTAP 9

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.12% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 32.77% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-07 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21985
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240126-0001/

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