CVE-2023-42768 BIG-IP iControl REST vulnerability

2023-10-1012:34:06

CWE-613

www.cve.org

cve-2023-42768

big-ip

icontrol rest

vulnerability

non-admin user

CVSS3

7.2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

7.2

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

25.6%

JSON

When a non-admin user has been assigned an administrator role via an iControl REST PUT request and later the user’s role is reverted back to a non-admin role via the Configuration utility, tmsh, or iControl REST. BIG-IP non-admin user can still have access to iControl REST admin resource. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "defaultStatus": "unknown",
    "modules": [
      "All Modules"
    ],
    "product": "BIG-IP",
    "vendor": "F5",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "17.1.0",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "lessThan": "16.1.4",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "16.1.0",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "lessThan": "15.1.9",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "15.1.0",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "lessThan": "*",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "14.1.0",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "lessThan": "*",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "13.1.0",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ]
  }
]