# CVE-2026-22050: Business logic in ONTAP 9

> A privileged remote attacker can bypass snapshot expiry settings in NetApp ONTAP when snapshot locking is enabled, potentially altering data retention policies.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 13 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hxc4-9x7v-pg3w

## What is CVE-2026-22050?

CVE-2026-22050 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NETAPP ONTAP 9, published on 12 Jan 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

ONTAP versions 9.16.1 prior to 9.16.1P9 and 9.17.1 prior to 9.17.1P2 with snapshot locking enabled are susceptible to a vulnerability which could allow a privileged remote attacker to set the snapshot expiry time to none.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-22050?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Netapp Ontap.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-22050?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-22050 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-22050 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-22050 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in NETAPP ONTAP 9

- [CVE-2024-8932](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8932/): OOB access in ldap_escape (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-22049](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22049/): Auth bypass in ONTAP 9 (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2025-1734](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1734/): Streams HTTP wrapper does not fail for headers with invalid name and no colon (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2025-1736](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1736/): Stream HTTP wrapper header check might omit basic auth header (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2025-1861](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1861/): Stream HTTP wrapper truncates redirect location to 1024 bytes (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-22050 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-22050 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NETAPP ONTAP 9, published on 12 Jan 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-22050 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: NETAPP ONTAP 9. 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-2026-22050/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22050/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-22050
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22050
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-22050

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22050/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.