# CVE-2023-22341: BIG-IP APM OAuth vulnerability

> Attackers can cause a denial of service in F5 BIG-IP APM by sending undisclosed requests when specific OAuth configurations are active.

- **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:** 1 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 26 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xg56-w2gw-94vg

## What is CVE-2023-22341?

CVE-2023-22341 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 1 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

On version 14.1.x before 14.1.5.3, and all versions of 13.1.x, when the BIG-IP APM system is configured with all the following elements, undisclosed requests may cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate:

  *  An OAuth Server that references an OAuth Provider
  *  An OAuth profile with the Authorization Endpoint set to '/'
  *  An access profile that references the above OAuth profile and is associated with an HTTPS virtual server 

Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22341?

It affects 1 product.


Products: F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-22341?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-22341 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-22341 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22341 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager

- [CVE-2023-46747](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46747/): F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility Authentication Bypass (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-1388](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1388/): F5 BIG-IP Missing Authentication (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-22986](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22986/): F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-22991](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22991/): F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel Buffer Overflow (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-5902](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5902/): F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-22341 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-22341 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 1 Feb 2023. 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-2023-22341 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: F5 Big-Ip Access Policy 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-2023-22341/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22341/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-22341
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22341
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-22341

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22341/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.