{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22281 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-22281 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-22281 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, published on 1 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-22281 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-22281 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, published on 1 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22281 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22281/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22281/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-22281","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22281/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-22281","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-r475-j35v-6jmm"],"analysis":{"component_type":"network_device","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"BIG-IP AFM","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Undisclosed traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel to terminate when a specific NAT policy is configured on a FastL4 virtual server.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"denial_of_service"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"f5","cpe":[{"product":"big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager","vendor":"f5"}],"cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-908","name":"Use of Uninitialized Resource"}],"description":"On versions 17.0.x before 17.0.0.2, 16.1.x before 16.1.3.3, 15.1.x before 15.1.8, 14.1.x before 14.1.5.3, and all versions of 13.1.x, when a BIG-IP AFM NAT policy with a destination NAT rule is configured on a FastL4 virtual server, undisclosed traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"BIG-IP AFM vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-22281","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager","products":["f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager"],"type":"denial_of_service","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in WAB-MAT","id":"CVE-2023-22282"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Command injection in MAHO-PBX NetDevancer series","id":"CVE-2023-22280"},"products":["BIG-IP"],"published":"2023-02-01","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"SQL injection in BIG-IP AFM","id":"CVE-2021-23040","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-09-14"},{"cvss_score":8.7,"headline":"BIG-IP AFM DoS protection profile vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-59478","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-10-15"},{"cvss_score":8.7,"headline":"BIG-IP AFM vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-24312","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-02-05"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in BIG-IP (AFM, ASM)","id":"CVE-2019-6636","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-07-03"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"BIG-IP AFM vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-21763","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-14"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"F5 AFM Signature Matching Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-21771","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-14"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-03-26","vendors":["F5"]},"summary":"Undisclosed traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel to terminate when a specific NAT policy is configured on a FastL4 virtual server.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22281/"}