# CVE-2023-46747

Undisclosed requests may bypass configuration utility authentication, allowing an attacker with network access to the BIG-IP system through the management port and/or self IP addresses to execute arbitrary system commands. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2023-46747
- CVSS: 9.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2023-10-31; CISA due date 2023-11-21; known ransomware use
- EPSS: 96.71% (percentile 99.9)
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module · 8 GitHub proofs of concept · 1 Nuclei template (first 2023-11-01)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact total (assessed 2025-02-10)
- Weakness: CWE-288
- Published: 2023-10-26

## Affected versions

- F5 BIG-IP: affected >= 17.1.0 and < *; >= 16.1.0 and < *; >= 15.1.0 and < *; >= 14.1.0 and < *; >= 13.1.0 and < *

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [advisory] https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000137353
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175673/F5-BIG-IP-TMUI-AJP-Smuggling-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- [other] https://www.secpod.com/blog/f5-issues-warning-big-ip-vulnerability-used-in-active-exploit-chain/
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-46747

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