Just as seats tend to warm up quickly after you’ve just vacated them and somebody else takes a seat, so too has the exposure of a critical security flaw in BIG-IP heated up in less than a week after its public disclosure. The source of the heat, you ask? F5 has issued a warning about active abuse of this flaw. Think of it like forgetting your password but someone else conveniently remembering it for you—except in this situation, it’s not so convenient.
This vulnerability, christened as CVE-2023-46747 (not to be confused with CVE-20-BIG-IP-ROCKS), is so serious it’s got a CVSS score that’s flirted its way up to 9.8. Now if CVSS scores were like golf, this would be a pretty lousy score, but alas, in the world of security, it’s akin to scoring a perfect ten in a diving competition, bar the splash.
This flaw allows any Tom, Dick or Harry with network access to the BIG-IP system to exploit it if they have access through the management port. In other words, they don’t even need a VIP pass to join the party – they can just walk right in, and dance their way to code execution. It’s as if the bouncer forgot to check the guest-list and now, anyone with a little network know-how is on the dance floor busting out moves you’ve never seen before!
In the wake of this alert, it’s clear that F5’s BIG-IP system has a BIG-IP flaw—a major security flaw—that’s being actively exploited. The vulnerability, marked as CVE-2023-46747, is a critical one considering its high CVSS score and the scope it offers to unauthenticated users to execute system commands. Like a weak joke at a party, this flaw could really kill the vibe. The crux of the matter: we need to patch it up before the party becomes a free-for-all. So come on, tech warriors, it’s time to pick up your patching shields and plug this BIG-IP hole. Did I hear someone say, ‘patch me if you can’?Original Article: https://thehackernews.com/2023/11/alert-f5-warns-of-active-attacks.html
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