CVE-2023-22374 is a format string vulnerability in F5's iControl SOAP, affecting BIG-IP appliances. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw to crash the iControl SOAP CGI process or potentially achieve arbitrary code execution, with successful exploitation in appliance mode allowing for security boundary crossing. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.5, indicating a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and low privileges required. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 14.1.4.6, <= 14.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.1.5.1, <= 15.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 16.1.2.2, <= 16.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:13.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:17.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.