What is CVE-2023-43485?

CVE-2023-43485 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-ip, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2023-43485?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-43485 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in F5 Big-ip

CVE-2023-43485

When TACACS+ audit forwarding is configured on BIG-IP or BIG-IQ system, sharedsecret is logged in plaintext in the audit log. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

EPSS: 0.002 (45.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

F5 Big-ip — versions 17.1.0, 16.1.0, 15.1.0
F5 Big-iq — versions 8.1.0, 8.2.0, 8.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K06110200 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-43485?: CVE-2023-43485 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-ip, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2023-43485?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-43485 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.