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CVE-2023-22372· NVD / CVE Program· CNA f5

BIG-IP Edge Client for Windows and Mac OS vulnerability

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 23/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.21% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • Fixed version: F5 BIG-IP Edge Client 7.2.4.1.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to F5 BIG-IP Edge Client 7.2.4.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the pre connection stage, an improper enforcement of message integrity vulnerability exists in BIG-IP Edge Client for Windows and Mac OS.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

MediumCVSS 5.9 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 3, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 11th percentile

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Action score

23

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
23 / 40 · 5.9 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · f5
5.9
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
f5big-ip access policy manager
applemacos
microsoftwindows

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • f5 big-ip access policy manager7.2.2 and later · before 7.2.4.1
  • f5 big-ip access policy manager13.1.0 and later · up to 13.1.5 inclusive
  • f5 big-ip access policy manager14.1.0 and later · up to 14.1.5 inclusive
  • f5 big-ip access policy manager15.1.0 and later · up to 15.1.8 inclusive
  • f5 big-ip access policy manager16.1.0 and later · up to 16.1.3 inclusive
  • f5 big-ip access policy manager17.0.0 and later · up to 17.1.0 inclusive

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (f5). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • F5 BIG-IP Edge Client

    • 7.2.2 and later · before 7.2.4.1affected · semver

Same product

f5: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2022-1388On F5 BIG-IP 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.2, 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1, 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, 13.1.x versions prior KEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2021-22986On BIG-IP versions 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, and 12.1.x before 12.1.5.3 KEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2020-5902In BIG-IP versions 15.0.0-15.1.0.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2.5, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, the Traffic Management User InteKEV
    99Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-22842Feb 1, 2023 · BIG-IP SIP profile vulnerability
    30Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-23555Feb 1, 2023 · BIG-IP Virtual Edition vulnerability
    30Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-24461May 3, 2023 · BIG-IP Edge Client for Windows and macOS vulnerability
    23Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
F5 BIG-IP Edge Client7.2.4.1Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

—

Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-924 · Improper Enforcement of Message Integrity During Transmission in a Communication Channel

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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