# CVE-2022-23024: Denial of service in BIG-IP AFM

> Attackers can cause a denial of service in BIG-IP AFM by sending specific IPsec traffic when the IPsec ALG logging profile is enabled.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Jan 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q727-99h7-2wcw

## What is CVE-2022-23024?

CVE-2022-23024 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, published on 25 Jan 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

On BIG-IP AFM version 16.x before 16.1.0, 15.1.x before 15.1.4.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4.2, and all versions of 13.1.x, when the IPsec application layer gateway (ALG) logging profile is configured on an IPsec ALG virtual server, undisclosed IPsec traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23024?

It affects 1 product.


Products: F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-23024?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-23024 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-23024 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23024 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager

- [CVE-2021-23040](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23040/): SQL injection in BIG-IP AFM (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-59478](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59478/): BIG-IP AFM DoS protection profile vulnerability (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2025-24312](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24312/): BIG-IP AFM vulnerability (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2019-6636](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6636/): Cross-site scripting in BIG-IP (AFM, ASM) (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2024-21763](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21763/): BIG-IP AFM vulnerability (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-23024 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-23024 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, published on 25 Jan 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23024 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23024/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23024/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23024
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23024
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23024

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23024/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.