# CVE-2019-5505: Information disclosure in ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility

> The ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility transmits credentials in plaintext, allowing attackers to intercept sensitive authentication data.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Sep 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-86c9-m554-h9q9

## What is CVE-2019-5505?

CVE-2019-5505 is a critical vulnerability in Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility, published on 24 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility versions 2.2 through 2.12.1 transmit credentials in plaintext.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials), CWE-319 (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5505?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-5505?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5505 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-5505 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5505 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility

- [CVE-2020-35527](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35527/): Memory corruption in sqlite (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-11656](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11656/): Use after free in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-5509](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5509/): Code injection in ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-5504](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5504/): Missing authorization in ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-21989](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21989/): Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-5505 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-5505 is a critical vulnerability in Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility, published on 24 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5505 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility. 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-2019-5505/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5505/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5505
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5505
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-5505

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5505/
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