Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach StorageGRID node over network
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ExploitSend request to internal grid API
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ExecutionAPI responds without authentication
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ImpactAccess limited internal data or function
Vulnerability Assessment
| Exploitation Conditions | No special conditions - remote unauthenticated exploitation against default and common configurations of NetApp StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale), as the description explicitly states these configurations are affected and the CVSS vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N. The practical limiting factor is scope, not prerequisites: the attacker can only reach a limited set of APIs intended for internal grid use, and impact is bounded to LOW confidentiality and LOW integrity (VA:N, no availability impact). Exposure further depends on the attacker having network reachability to grid nodes, so segmentation that keeps internal grid API ports off untrusted networks materially reduces real-world exposure. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity information-disclosure/limited-access issue, not a drop-everything emergency, but the vendor-assigned priority of this_month means it should be remediated on a near-term schedule rather than deferred. The NetApp CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N, base 6.9) indicates a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated flaw with no user interaction, but the impact is explicitly scoped as LOW to both confidentiality and integrity on the vulnerable system and LOW to a subsequent system - the attacker reaches only 'a limited set of APIs that are intended for use within the grid,' not full administrative control. No EPSS score was provided in the input, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified. The CVE is not listed in CISA KEV and no public exploit or PoC reference is present, so this is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The signals are internally consistent (unauthenticated network vector with deliberately limited impact), so there is no CVSS-vs-description conflict to flag; the main caveat is simply that EPSS and any real-world exploitation telemetry are absent, so the priority rests on the vendor's own this_month decision and the easy, unauthenticated reachability rather than on observed attacker activity. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker with network reachability to a StorageGRID node sends unauthenticated requests to internal-only grid APIs that are exposed in default and common configurations, retrieving information or performing limited actions those APIs were never meant to allow from outside the grid. Because the CVSS vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, no credentials, user interaction, or special timing are required, though the gained access and resulting impact are limited (VC:L/VI:L). No public exploit or PoC reference is present in the supplied data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Nov 03, 2026
Unauthenticated remote access to internal-use APIs in NetApp StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale) exposes a limited set of grid-internal interfaces across all versions in default and common configurations, yielding low confidentiality and low integrity impact with no availability impact. The CVSS 4.0 score is 6.9 (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N), and the vendor-set priority is this_month, so near-term remediation is appropriate rather than emergency response. No public exploit identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
No fixed version is listed in the provided intelligence, so consult NetApp advisory NTAP-20261103-0002 (https://security.netapp.com/advisory/NTAP-20261103-0002) for the vendor-prescribed upgrade or patch guidance and apply it on the this_month schedule. Until a fixed release is confirmed, restrict network reachability to the internal grid APIs: segment grid nodes and allow only required grid-to-grid and administrative sources to reach internal API ports, keeping those ports off untrusted networks. The trade-off is that overly broad segmentation can disrupt legitimate inter-node communication or administrative access, so allowlists must be validated against normal grid operations. No other workaround is specified in the provided data.
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StorageGRID is NetApp's distributed object storage platform, with grid nodes exchanging management and data traffic through APIs intended for internal use. In default and common deployments, the boundary between externally reachable services and this intra-grid API surface is insufficiently enforced, allowing an unauthenticated network attacker to reach a limited subset of internal APIs; the available sources do not specify a CWE or the exact triggering request, so the root-cause class and request-level mechanics are not confirmed beyond that access. The CVSS 4.0 vector reports network access, low attack complexity, no privileges, no user interaction, scope change, and LOW confidentiality and integrity impact with no availability impact (VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N); the independent CVSS 3.1 assessment agrees on AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. Exposure depends on network reachability to grid nodes, so internal API ports should not be reachable from untrusted networks.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Unauthenticated network access with low complexity (PR:N/AV:N/AC:L); internal grid APIs crossing an intended security boundary give S:C with limited C:L/I:L and no availability impact.
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Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
All versions of StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale) in default & common configurations allow an unauthenticated attacker to access a limited set of APIs that are intended for use within the grid.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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