# CVE-2018-5497: Information disclosure in Clustered Data ONTAP

> An unauthorized user can access sensitive information in NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP, requiring a patch to mitigate the risk.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jan 2019
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v9qv-w9qh-hrj7

## What is CVE-2018-5497?

CVE-2018-5497 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netapp Clustered Data Ontap, published on 24 Jan 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Clustered Data ONTAP versions prior to 9.1P16, 9.3P10 and 9.4P5 are susceptible to a vulnerability which discloses sensitive information to an unauthorized user.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5497?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Netapp Clustered Data Ontap.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-5497?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5497 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-5497 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5497 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Netapp Clustered Data Ontap

- [CVE-2015-7853](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7853/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-9119](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9119/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-7480](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7480/): Deserialization in PHP before 7.0.12 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-5340](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5340/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-11147](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11147/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-5497 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-5497 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netapp Clustered Data Ontap, published on 24 Jan 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5497 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Netapp Clustered Data Ontap. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5497/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5497/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5497
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5497
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5497

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5497/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.