CVE-2024-7634

MEDIUM

F5 NGINX Agent 2.17.0-2.36.9 and NGINX Instance Manager 2.3.1-2.17.1 - Path Traversal via Config Dirs Restriction Bypass

Title source: llm

Description

NGINX Agent's "config_dirs" restriction feature allows a highly privileged attacker to gain the ability to write/overwrite files outside of the designated secure directory.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000140630

Scores

CVSS v3 4.9

EPSS 0.0062

EPSS Percentile 70.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-22

Status published

Products (2)

f5/nginx_agent 2.17.0 - 2.37.0

f5/nginx_instance_manager 2.3.1 - 2.17.2

Published Aug 22, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026