CVE-2023-5450: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An insufficient verification of data vulnerability exists in BIG-IP Edge Client Installer on macOS that may allow an attacker elevation of privileges during the installation process.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 7.2.3, before 7.2.4.5 (fixed in 7.2.4.5); 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, before 15.1.10 (fixed in 15.1.10); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.4 (fixed in 16.1.4); version 17.1.0 only

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