F5 BIGIP and BIGIQ systems expose unencrypted DB vars
CVE-2023-41964 Published on October 10, 2023
BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Database Variable vulnerability
The BIG-IP and BIG-IQ systems do not encrypt some sensitive information written to Database (DB) variables.
Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-41964 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
The application stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. Because the information is stored in cleartext, attackers could potentially read it. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encoding is being used, then decode the information.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-41964
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Affected Versions
F5 BIG-IP:- Version 17.1.0 and below * is unaffected.
- Version 16.1.0 and below 16.1.4 is affected.
- Version 15.1.0 and below 15.1.9 is affected.
- Version 14.1.0 and below * is affected.
- Version 13.1.0 and below * is affected.
- Version 8.1.0 and below * is affected.
- Version 8.2.0 and below 8.2.0.1.0.13.97-ENG is affected.
- Version 8.3.0 and below 8.3.0.0.12.118-ENG is affected.
Exploit Probability
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