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

Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-01-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-269

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 products

Clustered Data ONTAP: from 9.0 before 9.9.1; from 9.10.0 before 9.10.1; from 9.11.0 before 9.11.1; from 9.12.0 before 9.12.1; from 9.13.0 before 9.13.1; 9.9.1, 9.10.1, 9.11.1, 9.12.1, 9.13.1 — fixed in 9.10.1, 9.11.1, 9.12.1, 9.13.1, 9.9.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Clustered Data ONTAP 9.10.1, 9.11.1, 9.12.1, 9.13.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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