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 appli...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.