CVE-2023-46747: F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2023-10-31. EPSS: 96.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Undisclosed requests may bypass configuration utility authentication, allowing an attacker with network access to the BIG-IP system through the management port and/or self IP addresses to execute arbitrary system commands.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Affected products

  • F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.5; from 15.1.0, up to and including 15.1.10; from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.4; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.5; from 15.1.0, up to and including 15.1.10; from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.4; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.5; from 15.1.0, up to and including 15.1.10; from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.4; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Analytics: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.5; from 15.1.0, up to and including 15.1.10; from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.4; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.5; from 15.1.0, up to and including 15.1.10; from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.4; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.5; from 15.1.0, up to and including 15.1.10; from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.4; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Visibility And Reporting: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.5; from 15.1.0, up to and including 15.1.10; from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.4; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Automation Toolchain: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.5; from 15.1.0, up to and including 15.1.10; from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.4; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Carrier-Grade Nat: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.5; from 15.1.0, up to and including 15.1.10; from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.4; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Container Ingress Services: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.5; from 15.1.0, up to and including 15.1.10; from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.4; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Ddos Hybrid Defender: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.5; from 15.1.0, up to and including 15.1.10; from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.4; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.5; from 15.1.0, up to and including 15.1.10; from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.4; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Fraud Protection Services: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.5; from 15.1.0, up to and including 15.1.10; from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.4; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.5; from 15.1.0, up to and including 15.1.10; from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.4; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.5; from 15.1.0, up to and including 15.1.10; from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.4; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.5; from 15.1.0, up to and including 15.1.10; from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.4; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.5; from 15.1.0, up to and including 15.1.10; from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.4; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.1
  • F5 BIG-IP SSL Orchestrator: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.5; from 15.1.0, up to and including 15.1.10; from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.4; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Webaccelerator: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.5; from 15.1.0, up to and including 15.1.10; from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.4; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Websafe: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.5; from 15.1.0, up to and including 15.1.10; from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.4; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.1

Published 2023-10-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.