What is CVE-2018-5497?

CVE-2018-5497 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NetApp Clustered Data Ontap, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2019-01-24.

How severe is CVE-2018-5497?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Information disclosure in NetApp Clustered Data Ontap

CVE-2018-5497

Clustered Data ONTAP versions prior to 9.1P16, 9.3P10 and 9.4P5 are susceptible to a vulnerability which discloses sensitive information to an unauthorized user.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2019-01-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

NetApp Clustered Data Ontap — versions Versions prior to 9.1P16, 9.3P10 and 9.4P5
NetApp Clustered Data Ontap — versions 9.1, 9.3, 9.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190109-0001/ (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5497?: CVE-2018-5497 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NetApp Clustered Data Ontap, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2019-01-24.
How severe is CVE-2018-5497?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.