CVE-2024-23805 F5 Application Visibility and Reporting module and BIG-IP Advanced WAF/ASM vulnerability
Attackers can cause Traffic Management Microkernel termination in F5 BIG-IP when specific non-default analytics or WAF configurations are enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-23805?
CVE-2024-23805 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall, published on 14 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Undisclosed requests can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. For the Application Visibility and Reporting module, this may occur when the HTTP Analytics profile with URLs enabled under Collected Entities is configured on a virtual server and the DB variables avr.IncludeServerInURI or avr.CollectOnlyHostnameFromURI are enabled. For BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM, this may occur when either a DoS or Bot Defense profile is configured on a virtual server and the DB variables avr.IncludeServerInURI or avr.CollectOnlyHostnameFromURI are enabled.
Note: The DB variables avr.IncludeServerInURI and avr.CollectOnlyHostnameFromURI are not enabled by default. For more information about the HTTP Analytics profile and the Collect URLs setting, refer to K30875743: Create a new Analytics profile and attach it to your virtual servers https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K30875743 .
Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
Weakness: CWE-131
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23805?
It affects 2 products.
Products include F5 Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall, F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2024-23805?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-23805 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-23805 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23805 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall
- CVE-2021-23031 Privilege escalation in BIG-IP Advanced WAF and BIG-IP ASM
- CVE-2021-23029 Server-side request forgery in BIG-IP Advanced WAF and BIG-IP ASM
- CVE-2021-23014 Missing authorization in BIG-IP ASM/Advanced WAF
- CVE-2021-22993 Cross-site scripting in BIG-IP Advanced WAF and BIG-IP ASM
- CVE-2026-40060 BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM vulnerability
All F5 Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall vulnerabilities
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gwgj-3v6v-5fj2.