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

> Authenticated users with multiple roles can bypass REST API restrictions to view sensitive data or modify settings, potentially causing denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 29 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3fg7-rwvx-xrf8

## What is CVE-2024-21985?

CVE-2024-21985 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netapp Clustered Data Ontap, published on 26 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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).

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21985?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Netapp Clustered Data Ontap.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-21985?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-21985 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-21985 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21985 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-2024-21985 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-21985 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netapp Clustered Data Ontap, published on 26 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21985 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-2024-21985/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21985/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21985
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21985
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21985

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21985/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.