Service interruption via OAuth-triggered null dereference
Published Feb 1, 2023 · Updated Mar 26, 2025
A null pointer dereference in F5 BIG-IP APM 13.1.x and 14.1.x before 14.1.5.3 allows remote attackers to terminate TMM. With the specified OAuth chain configured, an undisclosed request reaches TMM and triggers the dereference; F5 has not identified the affected function or pointer. Reachability requires an OAuth Server linked to an OAuth Provider, an OAuth profile with Authorization Endpoint '/', and an access profile linked to it on an HTTPS virtual server.
Summary
What happened
A null pointer dereference in F5 BIG-IP APM 13.1.x and 14.1.x before 14.1.5.3 allows remote attackers to terminate TMM. With the specified OAuth chain configured, an undisclosed request reaches TMM and triggers the dereference; F5 has not identified the affected function or pointer. Reachability requires an OAuth Server linked to an OAuth Provider, an OAuth profile with Authorization Endpoint '/', and an access profile linked to it on an HTTPS virtual server.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-22341
- Published
- Feb 1, 2023
- Updated
- Mar 26, 2025
- Vendor
- F5 Networks
- Product
- BIG-IP
- Classifications
- CWE-476, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 1, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 26, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=13.1.0 <*
- Affected versionversion=14.1.0 <14.1.5.3
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