What is CVE-2020-7071?

CVE-2020-7071 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NetApp Clustered Data Ontap, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-7071?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-7071 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in NetApp Clustered Data Ontap

CVE-2020-7071

In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.26, 7.4.x below 7.4.14 and 8.0.0, when validating URL with functions like filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL), PHP will accept an URL with invalid password as valid URL. This may lead to functions that rely on URL being valid to mis-parse the URL and produce wrong data as components of the URL.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2021-02-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.029 (86.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.029 · change: -0.001

Affected products

NetApp Clustered Data Ontap
PHP
PHP Group — versions 7.3.x, 7.4.x, 8.0.X
Debian Linux — versions 9.0, 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

bugs.php.net/bug.php (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4856 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-23 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00008.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-14 (Third Party Advisory)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0005/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7071?: CVE-2020-7071 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NetApp Clustered Data Ontap, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-7071?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-7071 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.