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Does CVE-2021-4034 affect the NetApp environment?

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    Feb 21, 2022
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Applies to

  • Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO)
  • Linux OS
  • Cybersecurity

Answer

From the available information, this appears to be a local privilege escalation in PolicyKit (also known as "polkit") giving unprivileged users admin rights on a target machine.
 
None of NetApp's appliances and other Linux shipping products are set up to allow unprivileged user logins, but NetApp will send evaluations according to standard process.
 
If a NetApp app is installed on a user-managed Linux system then the user should be checking with the Linux distribution vendor for information.

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