Description
The BIG-IP Edge Client Installer on macOS does not follow best practices for elevating privileges during the installation process. This vulnerability is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2023-38418. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000136185
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0010
EPSS Percentile
28.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-347
Status
published
Products (19)
f5/big-ip_access_policy_manager
7.2.3 - 7.2.4.4
f5/big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager
13.1.0 - 13.1.5
f5/big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall
13.1.0 - 13.1.5
f5/big-ip_analytics
13.1.0 - 13.1.5
f5/big-ip_application_acceleration_manager
13.1.0 - 13.1.5
f5/big-ip_application_security_manager
13.1.0 - 13.1.5
f5/big-ip_application_visibility_and_reporting
13.1.0 - 13.1.5
f5/big-ip_carrier-grade_nat
13.1.0 - 13.1.5
f5/big-ip_ddos_hybrid_defender
13.1.0 - 13.1.5
f5/big-ip_domain_name_system
13.1.0 - 13.1.5
... and 9 more
Published
Oct 10, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026