CVE-2023-28724

HIGH

NGINX Management Suite - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

NGINX Management Suite default file permissions are set such that an authenticated attacker may be able to modify sensitive files on NGINX Instance Manager and NGINX API Connectivity Manager.   Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000133233

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 35.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-276
Status published
Products (3)
f5/nginx_api_connectivity_manager 1.0.0 - 1.5.0
f5/nginx_instance_manager 2.0.0 - 2.9.0
f5/nginx_security_monitoring 1.0.0 - 1.3.0
Published May 03, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026