Vulnerability · Published Oct 10, 2023 · Assigned by f5

CVE-2023-45226BIG-IP Next SPK SSH vulnerability

High 7.4

In plain English

A high-severity hard-coded credentials in BIG-IP Next SPK from F5. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.4High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The BIG-IP SPK TMM (Traffic Management Module) f5-debug-sidecar and f5-debug-sshd containers contains hardcoded credentials that may allow an attacker with the ability to intercept traffic to impersonate the SPK Secure Shell (SSH) server on those containers. This is only exposed when ssh debug is enabled. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
F5	BIG-IP Next SPK	1.5.0 – before 1.6.0

Weakness: CWE-798 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000135874 vendor-advisory