February 2026 Libssh Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products
Summary
Multiple NetApp products incorporate libssh. Libssh versions through 0.11.3 are susceptible to vulnerabilities which when successfully exploited could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS). Affected products: 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 libssh. Libssh versions through 0.11.3 are susceptible to vulnerabilities which when successfully exploited could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS). Affected products: 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. Information disclosure can expose data available to the affected component beyond its intended authorization boundary.
Vulnerable items
- 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.
- 0.11.3
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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