Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-41373

Critical

Published: 10 October 2023

Published
10 October 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0264 86.1th percentile
Risk Priority 21 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-41373 is a critical-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager. Its CVSS base score is 9.9 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 13.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the BIG-IP Configuration Utility that may allow an authenticated attacker to execute commands on the BIG-IP system. For BIG-IP system running in Appliance mode, a successful exploit can allow the attacker to cross a…

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security boundary. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

f5
big-ip access policy manager
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.6 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.10.2
f5
big-ip advanced firewall manager
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.6 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.10.2
f5
big-ip application security manager
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.6 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.10.2
f5
big-ip domain name system
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.6 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.10.2
f5
big-ip local traffic manager
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.6 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.10.2
f5
big-ip advanced web application firewall
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.6 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.10.2
f5
big-ip analytics
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.6 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.10.2
f5
big-ip application acceleration manager
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.6 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.10.2
f5
big-ip application visibility and reporting
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.6 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.10.2
f5
big-ip carrier-grade nat
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.6 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.10.2
+8 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.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References