Vulnerability · Published Oct 10, 2023 · Assigned by f5

CVE-2023-43485BIGIP and BIG-IQ TACACS+ audit log Vulnerability

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity sensitive data in logs in BIG-IP from F5. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

When TACACS+ audit forwarding is configured on BIG-IP or BIG-IQ system, sharedsecret is logged in plaintext in the audit log. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
F5	BIG-IP	16.1.0 – before 16.1.415.1.0 – before 15.1.914.1.0 – before 13.1.0 – before
F5	BIG-IQ	8.1.0 – before *8.2.0 – before 8.2.0.1.0.13.97-ENG8.3.0 – before 8.3.0.0.12.118-ENG

Weakness: CWE-532 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K06110200 vendor-advisory