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CVE-2023-22281

BIG-IP AFM vulnerability

High7.5EPSS 0.63%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
f5

Description

On versions 17.0.x before 17.0.0.2, 16.1.x before 16.1.3.3, 15.1.x before 15.1.8, 14.1.x before 14.1.5.3, and all versions of 13.1.x, when a BIG-IP AFM NAT policy with a destination NAT rule is configured on a FastL4 virtual server, undisclosed traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By f5

  2. · 19 days later

    Published

  3. · 2 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2023-22281, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
f5CNA (assigner)3.1High7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.1High7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.63% · top 50% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

Affected products

  • F5 · BIG-IP

    • affected 17.0.0 – < 17.0.0.2
    • affected 16.1.0 – < 16.1.3.3
    • affected 15.1.0 – < 15.1.8
    • affected 14.1.0 – < 14.1.5.3
    • affected 13.1.0 – < *

References (1)

Sources

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