CVE-2018-5543 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials in F5 Big-ip Controller

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials3 documents3 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 59.79%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
F5 Big-ip ControllerF5 Networks INC F5 Container Connector
Timeline
PublishedJul 31
Latest updateMay 13

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDf5/big-ip_controller1.0.0 — 1.5.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-85mh-wphv-chhh: The F5 BIG-IP Controller for Kubernetes 1↗2022-05-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
F5
CVE-2018-5543: The F5 BIG-IP Controller for Kubernetes 1↗2018-07-31
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