CVE-2018-5543: The F5 BIG-IP Controller for Kubernetes 1.0.0-1.5.0 (k8s-bigip-crtl) passes BIG-IP username and password as command line parameters, which may lead to…

PriorityP342high8.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.24%

65.6th percentile

The F5 BIG-IP Controller for Kubernetes 1.0.0-1.5.0 (k8s-bigip-crtl) passes BIG-IP username and password as command line parameters, which may lead to disclosure of the credentials used by the container.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
f5	big-ip_controller	—	—
f5	big-ip_controller	1.0.0 – 1.5.0	—
f5_networks_inc	f5_container_connector	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.08.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.04.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

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