CVE-2023-22281 (GCVE-0-2023-22281)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-01 17:52 – Updated: 2025-03-26 18:43
VLAI
Title
BIG-IP AFM vulnerability
Summary
On versions 17.0.x before 17.0.0.2, 16.1.x before 16.1.3.3, 15.1.x before 15.1.8, 14.1.x before 14.1.5.3, and all versions of 13.1.x, when a BIG-IP AFM NAT policy with a destination NAT rule is configured on a FastL4 virtual server, undisclosed traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-26 16:00 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-908 - Use of Uninitialized Resource
Assigner
f5 CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 87 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
F5 BIG-IP Affected: 17.0.0 , < 17.0.0.2 (semver)
Affected: 16.1.0 , < 16.1.3.3 (semver)
Affected: 15.1.0 , < 15.1.8 (semver)
Affected: 14.1.0 , < 14.1.5.3 (semver)
Affected: 13.1.0 , < * (semver)
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Date Public
2023-02-01 15:00
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