{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38418 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-38418 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-38418 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 2 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-38418 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-38418 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 2 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38418 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: F5 Big-Ip Access Policy 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-2023-38418/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38418/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-38418","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38418/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-38418","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-grr5-2xqc-rxr6"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"BIG-IP Edge Client","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Attackers can escalate privileges during installation due to improper privilege elevation practices in the macOS installer.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"f5","cpe":[{"product":"access_policy_manager_clients","vendor":"f5"},{"product":"big-ip_access_policy_manager","vendor":"f5"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-347","name":"Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature"}],"description":"The BIG-IP Edge Client Installer on macOS does not follow best practices for elevating privileges during the installation process.  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 Edge Client for macOS vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-38418","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager","products":["f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager"],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"BIG-IP and BIG-IQ iControl SOAP vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-38419"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Denial of service in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi software","id":"CVE-2023-38417"},"products":["BIG-IP Edge Client"],"published":"2023-08-02","related":[{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Other in BIG-IP APM","id":"CVE-2022-29263","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-05-05"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Other in Edge Client","id":"CVE-2021-22980","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-02-12"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"BIG-IP Edge Client for Windows and macOS vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-36858","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-08-02"},{"cvss_score":4.5,"headline":"Information disclosure in BIG-IP APM and Edge Client","id":"CVE-2021-23002","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-03-31"}],"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":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-10-17","vendors":["F5"]},"summary":"Attackers can escalate privileges during installation due to improper privilege elevation practices in the macOS installer.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38418/"}