CVE-2018-5524 Information disclosure in BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, Edge Gateway, FPS, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator)
Attackers can potentially access sensitive data from virtual servers using HSM functionality in F5 BIG-IP devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-5524?
CVE-2018-5524 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 1 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Under certain conditions, on F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.3.1, or 11.6.1 HF2-11.6.3.1, virtual servers configured with Client SSL or Server SSL profiles which make use of network hardware security module (HSM) functionality are exposed and impacted by this issue.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5524?
It affects 11 products.
Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, F5 Big-Ip Analytics, F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager, F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager, F5 Big-Ip Edge Gateway and 5 more.
How do I fix CVE-2018-5524?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5524 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-5524 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5524 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
- CVE-2023-46747 F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP Missing Authentication
- CVE-2021-22986 F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-22991 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2020-5902 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r544-38gw-h4gw.