CVSS 3.1
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2023-46747
Critical (9.8) in F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility. In CISA KEV since 2023-10-31, with known ransomware use. EPSS 97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Undisclosed 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
Severity
- EPSS
- 97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CISA KEV
- listed 2023-10-31, due 2023-11-21, known ransomware use
- CWEs
- CWE-306, CWE-288
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager
- f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager
- f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall
- f5:big-ip_analytics
- f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager
- f5:big-ip_application_security_manager
- f5:big-ip_application_visibility_and_reporting
- f5:big-ip_automation_toolchain
- f5:big-ip_carrier-grade_nat
- f5:big-ip_container_ingress_services
- f5:big-ip_ddos_hybrid_defender
- f5:big-ip_domain_name_system
- f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_services
- f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager
- f5:big-ip_link_controller
- f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager
- f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager
- f5:big-ip_ssl_orchestrator
- f5:big-ip_webaccelerator
- f5:big-ip_websafe
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175673/F5-BIG-IP-TMUI-AJP-Smuggling-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000137353
- https://www.secpod.com/blog/f5-issues-warning-big-ip-vulnerability-used-in-active-exploit-chain/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175673/F5-BIG-IP-TMUI-AJP-Smuggling-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000137353