TI-2024-15956 Aliases CVE-2024-23982 GHSA-wrfg-qw24-93h8

BIG-IP PEM vulnerability

LOW 39CWE-121Published 2024-02-14 · Updated 2024-08-21

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-121 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

When a BIG-IP PEM classification profile is configured on a UDP virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. This issue affects classification engines using signatures released between 09-08-2022 and 02-16-2023. See the table in the F5 Security Advisory for a complete list of affected classification signature files. NOTE: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00515 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed BIG-IP (F5): 17.0.0, 16.1.0, 15.1.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
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	—	17.0.0, 16.1.0, 15.1.0	Patch available	CNA

BIG-IP VendorF5 Affected — Fixed in 17.0.0, 16.1.0, 15.1.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager::::::::	15.1.0 – 15.1.10; 16.1.0 – 16.1.4; 17.1.0 – 17.1.1	Vulnerable	F5

cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.1.0 – 15.1.10; 16.1.0 – 16.1.4; 17.1.0 – 17.1.1 Vulnerable ·F5

Remediation

Fix · CNA BIG-IP (F5) Fixed in 17.0.0, 16.1.0, 15.1.0

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-23982
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wrfg-qw24-93h8

References

Advisory 1

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000135946

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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