CVE-2023-23552

HIGH

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM 13.1.x-16.1.x - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

On versions 17.0.x before 17.0.0.2, 16.1.x before 16.1.3.3, 15.1.0 before 15.1.8, 14.1.x before 14.1.5.3, and all versions of 13.1.x, when a BIG-IP Advanced WAF or BIG-IP ASM security policy is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in memory resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.6334
EPSS Percentile 98.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (2)
f5/big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall 13.1.0 - 13.1.5
f5/big-ip_application_security_manager 13.1.0 - 13.1.5
Published Feb 01, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026