Vulnerability CVE-2022-28859
Published: 2022-05-05

Description:
On F5 BIG-IP 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1 and 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, when installing Net HSM, the scripts (nethsm-safenet-install.sh and nethsm-thales-install.sh) expose the Net HSM partition password. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Type:

CWE-532

 (Information Exposure Through Log Files)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4/10
2.9/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
F5 -> Big-ip access policy manager 
F5 -> Big-ip advanced firewall manager 
F5 -> Big-ip application acceleration manager 
F5 -> Big-ip link controller 
F5 -> Big-ip policy enforcement manager 
F5 -> Big-ip local traffic manager 
F5 -> Big-ip analytics 
F5 -> Big-ip application security manager 
F5 -> Big-ip domain name system 
F5 -> Big-ip global traffic manager 
F5 -> Big-ip fraud protection service 

 References:
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K47662005
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