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Critical · 9.8 Known exploited · Ransomware Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2023-46747 EUVD-2023-50916GHSA-pq6p-fc96-wc5w

BIG-IP Configuration utility unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability

Published Oct 26, 2023 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by f5

Vendor: F5 Product: BIG-IP Category: Network devices

Description

Undisclosed requests may bypass configuration utility authentication, allowing an attacker with network access to the BIG-IP system through the management port and/or self IP addresses to execute arbitrary system commands.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
F5 BIG-IP 17.1.0, 16.1.0, 15.1.0, 14.1.0, 13.1.0 —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Metasploit 1 module

GitHub 8 repositories

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

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Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

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