F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Summary

CVECVE-2023-46747
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-10-26 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-02-01 02:15:00 UTC
DescriptionUndisclosed requests may bypass configuration utility authentication, allowing an attacker with network access to the BIG-IP system through the management port and/or self IP addresses to execute arbitrary system commands.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.944360000 probability, percentile 0.999860000 (date 2026-04-03)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2023-10-31; due 2023-11-21; ransomware use Known

Problem Types: CWE-306

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorF5
ProductBIG-IP Configuration Utility
NameF5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Required ActionApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Noteshttps://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000137353; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46747

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Web Application Firewall All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Web Application Firewall All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Web Application Firewall All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Web Application Firewall All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Web Application Firewall All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Analytics All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Analytics All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Analytics All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Analytics All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Analytics All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Visibility And Reporting All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Visibility And Reporting All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Visibility And Reporting All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Visibility And Reporting All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Visibility And Reporting All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Automation Toolchain All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Automation Toolchain All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Automation Toolchain All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Automation Toolchain All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Automation Toolchain All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Carrier-grade Nat All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Carrier-grade Nat All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Carrier-grade Nat All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Carrier-grade Nat All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Carrier-grade Nat All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Container Ingress Services All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Container Ingress Services All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Container Ingress Services All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Container Ingress Services All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Container Ingress Services All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Ddos Hybrid Defender All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Ddos Hybrid Defender All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Ddos Hybrid Defender All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Ddos Hybrid Defender All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Ddos Hybrid Defender All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Domain Name System All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Domain Name System All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Domain Name System All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Domain Name System All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Domain Name System All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Fraud Protection Services All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Fraud Protection Services All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Fraud Protection Services All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Fraud Protection Services All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Fraud Protection Services All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Ssl Orchestrator All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Ssl Orchestrator All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Ssl Orchestrator All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Ssl Orchestrator All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Ssl Orchestrator All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Websafe All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Websafe All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Websafe All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Websafe All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Websafe All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.secpod.com/blog/f5-issues-warning-big-ip-vulnerability-used-in-active-ex... www.secpod.com
myF5 MISC my.f5.com
packetstormsecurity.com/files/175673/F5-BIG-IP-TMUI-AJP-Smuggling-Remote-Command-Exec... packetstormsecurity.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378976 F5 BIG-IP Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability (K000137353,K000137365)
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