Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-28742

HighRCE

Published: 03 May 2023

Published
03 May 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0341 87.7th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-28742 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Domain Name System. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 12.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

When DNS is provisioned, an authenticated remote command execution vulnerability exists in DNS iQuery mesh. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

CWE(s)
CWE-78

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

f5
big-ip domain name system
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.4 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8.2

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-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

References