CVE-2022-28859 Information disclosure in BIG-IP
Installation scripts for Net HSM expose partition passwords, allowing attackers with local access to read sensitive credentials.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-28859?
CVE-2022-28859 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 5 May 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
On F5 BIG-IP 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1 and 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, when installing Net HSM, the scripts (nethsm-safenet-install.sh and nethsm-thales-install.sh) expose the Net HSM partition password. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
Weakness: CWE-532
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-28859?
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 Domain Name System and 5 more.
How do I fix CVE-2022-28859?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-28859 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-28859 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-28859 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-3h9g-5x56-226c.