CVE-2026-28390 OpenSSL Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Summary
Multiple NetApp products incorporate OpenSSL. Certain versions of OpenSSL are susceptible to a vulnerability which when successfully exploited could lead to Denial of Service (DoS). Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS). Affected products: Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI, NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S, ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10. NetApp reports that one or more additional products remain under investigation; review the canonical advisory for current status. NetApp states there is no workaround available at this time.
What this means
In plain English
Multiple NetApp products incorporate OpenSSL. Certain versions of OpenSSL are susceptible to a vulnerability which when successfully exploited could lead to Denial of Service (DoS). Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS). Affected products: Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI, NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S, ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10. NetApp reports that one or more additional products remain under investigation; review the canonical advisory for current status. NetApp states there is no workaround available at this time. Successful exploitation can interrupt the affected service or exhaust resources, reducing availability until the component recovers.
Vulnerable items
- Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI — Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI is a NetApp management component used to administer connected systems or services.
- NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S — NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S is a NetApp management component used to administer connected systems or services.
- ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10 — NetApp ONTAP is the storage operating system used across NetApp enterprise storage systems.
Recommended action
Primary action: update to a vendor-listed fixed release: ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10: 10.5P2. Vendor mitigation: Update affected NetApp products to a fixed release: ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10: 10.5P2.
Rewritten locally from the scraped official advisory data above; no generative API is used. The vendor advisory is authoritative.
Affected versions
No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative — check it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
- ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10: 10.5P2
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Update affected NetApp products to a fixed release: ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10: 10.5P2.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
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