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TI-2021-05905 Aliases CVE-2021-23046GHSA-rcxf-wcpq-j795

Sensitive information in log files in BIG-IP Guided Configuration

Priority LOW 24CWE-532Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-532.

Summary

On all versions of Guided Configuration before 8.0.0, when a configuration that contains secure properties is created and deployed from Access Guided Configuration (AGC), secure properties are logged in restnoded logs. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00768 55th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed BIG-IP Guided Configuration: 8.0.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—BIG-IP Guided Configurationbefore 8.0.08.0.0Patch availableCNA
  • BIG-IP Guided Configuration Vendor— Affected before 8.0.0 Fixed in 8.0.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*13.1.0 – 13.1.4; 14.1.0 – 14.1.4; 15.1.0 – 15.1.3; 16.0.0 to before 16.1.0VulnerableF5
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_guided_configuration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 8.0.0VulnerableF5
  • cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.1.0 – 13.1.4; 14.1.0 – 14.1.4; 15.1.0 – 15.1.3; 16.0.0 to before 16.1.0 Vulnerable ·F5
  • cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_guided_configuration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 8.0.0 Vulnerable ·F5

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA BIG-IP Guided Configuration Fixed in 8.0.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-23046
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rcxf-wcpq-j795

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2023-25230 BIG-IP Configuration utility unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-01269 Missing authentication in F5 BIG-IP KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-05850 Memory corruption in BIG-IP KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-05845 Server-side request forgery in BIG-IP; BIG-IQ KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-04820 Path traversal in BIG-IP KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-05975 GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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