CVE-2023-27317
Information Disclosure Vulnerability in ONTAP 9
ONTAP 9 versions 9.12.1P8, 9.13.1P4, and 9.13.1P5 are susceptible to a vulnerability which will cause all SAS-attached FIPS 140-2 drives to become unlocked after a system reboot or power cycle or a single SAS-attached FIPS 140-2 drive to become unlocked after reinsertion. This could lead to disclosure of sensitive information to an attacker with physical access to the unlocked drives.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Information Disclosure Vulnerability in ONTAP 9
ONTAP 9 versions 9.12.1P8, 9.13.1P4, and 9.13.1P5 are susceptible to a vulnerability which will cause all SAS-attached FIPS 140-2 drives to become unlocked after a system reboot or power cycle or a single SAS-attached FIPS 140-2 drive to become unlocked after reinsertion. This could lead to disclosure of sensitive information to an attacker with physical access to the unlocked drives.
- Record
CVE-2023-27317- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-31094
ONTAP 9 versions 9.12.1P8, 9.13.1P4, and 9.13.1P5 are susceptible to a vulnerability which will cause all SAS-attached FIPS 140-2 drives to become unlocked after a system reboot or power cycle or a single SAS-attached FIPS 140-2 drive to become unlocked after reinsertion. This could lead to disclosure of sensitive information to an attacker with physical access to the unlocked drives.
- Record
EUVD-2023-31094- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xgfv-h6v5-c2rq
ONTAP 9 versions 9.12.1P8, 9.13.1P4, and 9.13.1P5 are susceptible to a vulnerability which will...
ONTAP 9 versions 9.12.1P8, 9.13.1P4, and 9.13.1P5 are susceptible to a vulnerability which will cause all SAS-attached FIPS 140-2 drives to become unlocked after a system reboot or power cycle or a single SAS-attached FIPS 140-2 drive to become unlocked after reinsertion. This could lead to disclosure of sensitive information to an attacker with physical access to the unlocked drives.
- Record
GHSA-xgfv-h6v5-c2rq- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
ONTAP 9 versions 9.12.1P8, 9.13.1P4, and 9.13.1P5 are susceptible to a vulnerability which will cause all SAS-attached FIPS 140-2 drives to become unlocked after a system reboot or power cycle or a single SAS-attached FIPS 140-2 drive to become unlocked after reinsertion. This could lead to disclosure of sensitive information to an attacker with physical access to the unlocked drives.
- Record
CVE-2023-27317- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-27317 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Netapp Ontap, published December 15, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.