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EMS reports daily auditlog.change.detected

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  • ONTAP includes a fix for CONTAP-352417
  • AFF system

Issue

  • EMS reports daily auditlog.change.detected

Sat Oct 17 00:05:00 [node01: mgwd: auditlog.change.detected:error]: Audit log file "audit.log.0000000008" was tampered with.
Sun Oct 18 00:05:00 [node01: mgwd: auditlog.change.detected:error]: Audit log file "audit.log.0000000008" was tampered with.
Mon Oct 19 00:05:00 [node01: mgwd: auditlog.change.detected:error]: Audit log file "audit.log.0000000008" was tampered with.
Tue Oct 20 00:05:00 [node01: mgwd: auditlog.change.detected:error]: Audit log file "audit.log.0000000008" was tampered with.
Wed Oct 21 00:05:00 [node01: mgwd: auditlog.change.detected:error]: Audit log file "audit.log.0000000008" was tampered with.

  • MGWD logs show that signature verification fails for the affected audit log file.

Fri Oct 17 2026 00:05:00 [kern_mgwd:info:4036] 0x82bf8ea00: 86ffff0000000021: ERR: tables::audit: DigestVerifyFinal failed.Line:1673, Function:verifySign
Fri Oct 17 2026 00:05:00 [kern_mgwd:info:4036] 0x82bf8ea00: 86ffff0000000021: ERR: tables::audit: verify_hashes:src/tables/mhost_audit/audit.cc:1571Signatureverification failed for file: audit.log.0000000008

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