Sensitive data disclosure via cleartext DB variables
Published Oct 10, 2023 · Updated Sep 18, 2024
Cleartext storage in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ systems allows remote authenticated users to read sensitive database-variable data. The systems write some sensitive values into internal Database (DB) variables without encrypting them, leaving stored contents readable to accounts that can access those variables. Network access plus low privileges is required; the published impact is limited to disclosure, with no reported data modification or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Cleartext storage in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ systems allows remote authenticated users to read sensitive database-variable data. The systems write some sensitive values into internal Database (DB) variables without encrypting them, leaving stored contents readable to accounts that can access those variables. Network access plus low privileges is required; the published impact is limited to disclosure, with no reported data modification or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-41964
- Published
- Oct 10, 2023
- Updated
- Sep 18, 2024
- Vendor
- F5 Networks
- Product
- BIG-IP
- Classifications
- CWE-312, T1213
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 10, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 18, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=15.1.0 <15.1.9
- Affected versionversion=16.1.0 <16.1.4
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