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CVE-2023-46747

98
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-46747 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting F5 BIG-IP systems, allowing unauthenticated attackers with network access to the management interface to execute arbitrary system commands. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, including in known ransomware campaigns, with public exploit modules available in Metasploit and Nuclei, and has garnered significant community and media attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 13.1.0, <= 13.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 14.1.0, <= 14.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 15.1.0, <= 15.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 16.1.0, <= 16.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.1.0, <= 17.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
96.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Oct 31, 2023
Metasploit: F5 BIG-IP TMUI AJP Smuggling RCE · Oct 26, 2023
Nuclei: CVE-2023-46747 · Oct 29, 2023
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9651 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
packetstormsecurity.com / files/175673/F5-BIG-IP-TMUI-AJP-Smuggling-Remote-Command-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
my.f5.com / manage/s/article/K000137353
Vendor Advisory
secpod.com / blog/f5-issues-warning-big-ip-vulnerability-used-in-active-exploit-chain
ExploitThird Party Advisory