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CVE-2020-8584 Element OS

Affected softwareElement OS
Severity9.8 Critical CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Published8 Jan 2021
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

Element OS versions prior to 1.8P1 and 12.2 are susceptible to a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to perform arbitrary code execution.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 5 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 4.3% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached
Finding This CVE names only products the Waratek agent cannot be installed into (netapp/hci_management_node, netapp/solidfire). They ship as sealed appliance images or as native code with no application JVM, so there is no start-up line to add -javaagent to. The vulnerability may well be a Java one; it is permanently out of ARMR's reach rather than outside its subject.

CVSS

9.8 CRITICAL v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 10.0 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

4 products, 6 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd netapp element os generic 1.8 · < 1.8 · ≥ 12.0 and ≤ 12.2
nvd netapp hci management node generic any version
nvd netapp hci storage node generic any version
nvd netapp solidfire generic any version

References

URLTags
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210108-0008/ Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published2021-01-08By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.