Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-22302

Medium

Published: 01 February 2023

Published
01 February 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0089 76.0th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-22302 is a medium-severity Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime (CWE-772) vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 24.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

In BIG-IP versions 17.0.x before 17.0.0.2, and 16.1.x beginning in 16.1.2.2 to before 16.1.3.3, when an HTTP profile is configured on a virtual server and conditions beyond the attacker’s control exist on the target pool member, undisclosed requests sent to…

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the BIG-IP system can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

CWE(s)
CWE-772

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

f5
big-ip access policy manager
16.1.2.2 — 16.1.3.3 · 17.0.0 — 17.0.0.2
f5
big-ip advanced firewall manager
16.1.2.2 — 16.1.3.3 · 17.0.0 — 17.0.0.2
f5
big-ip analytics
16.1.2.2 — 16.1.3.3 · 17.0.0 — 17.0.0.2
f5
big-ip application acceleration manager
16.1.2.2 — 16.1.3.3 · 17.0.0 — 17.0.0.2
f5
big-ip application security manager
16.1.2.2 — 16.1.3.3 · 17.0.0 — 17.0.0.2
f5
big-ip ddos hybrid defender
16.1.2.2 — 16.1.3.3 · 17.0.0 — 17.0.0.2
f5
big-ip domain name system
16.1.2.2 — 16.1.3.3 · 17.0.0 — 17.0.0.2
f5
big-ip fraud protection service
16.1.2.2 — 16.1.3.3 · 17.0.0 — 17.0.0.2
f5
big-ip link controller
16.1.2.2 — 16.1.3.3 · 17.0.0 — 17.0.0.2
f5
big-ip local traffic manager
16.1.2.2 — 16.1.3.3 · 17.0.0 — 17.0.0.2
+2 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-10 Network Disconnect
addresses: CWE-772

Ensures network resources are released once the session ends or becomes inactive, closing the window for missing-release weaknesses.

References