{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 20 products.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2023-46747 in the wild since at least 31 Oct 2023, including in ransomware campaigns.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-46747 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 21 Nov 2023.","what":"CVE-2023-46747 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 26 Oct 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-2023-46747 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-46747 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 26 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2023-46747 in the wild since at least 31 Oct 2023, including in ransomware campaigns.\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-2023-46747/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46747/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-46747","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46747/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-46747","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-pq6p-fc96-wc5w"],"analysis":{"component_type":"network_device","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"F5 BIG-IP","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can bypass authentication on the BIG-IP management interface to execute arbitrary system commands 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arbitrary system commands remotely.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46747/"}