BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-476.
Summary
When a BIG-IP Advanced WAF or BIG-IP ASM policy with a Request Body Handling option is attached to a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the BD process to terminate. The condition results from setting the Request Body Handling option in the Header-Based Content Profile for an Allowed URL with "Apply value and content signatures and detect threat campaigns." Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F5 | BIG-IP | 17.1.0 to before 17.1.1 | 17.1.1, 16.1.0, 15.1.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- BIG-IP VendorF5 Affected 17.1.0 to before 17.1.1 Fixed in 17.1.1, 16.1.0, 15.1.0 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA BIG-IP (F5) Fixed in 17.1.1, 16.1.0, 15.1.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
F5 BIG-IP 17.1.1
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-14471 BIG-IP ASM and Advanced WAF vulnerabilityPriority LOW 39
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-23308
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6x7g-3w67-hj7p
References
More F5 Big-ip Advanced Web Application Firewall vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-25230 BIG-IP Configuration utility unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability 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-2023-25231 BIG-IP Configuration utility authenticated SQL injection vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-23308 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-23308 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6x7g-3w67-hj7p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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