CVE-2023-43485 — When TACACS+ audit forwarding is configured on BIG-IP or BIG-IQ system, sharedse

When TACACS+ audit forwarding is configured on BIG-IP or BIG-IQ system, sharedsecret is logged in plaintext in the audit log. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

01What is this vulnerability?

When TACACS+ audit forwarding is configured on BIG-IP or BIG-IQ system, sharedsecret is logged in plaintext in the audit log. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
F5	BIG	IP — 17.1.0, 16.1.0, 15.1.0, 14.1.0, 13.1.0
F5	BIG	IQ — 8.1.0, 8.2.0, 8.3.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-10-10T12:34:15.669Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-18T20:34:33.426Z

09References

• my.f5.com — https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K06110200