CVE-2018-5543

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-07-31 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-522

Description

The F5 BIG-IP Controller for Kubernetes 1.0.0-1.5.0 (k8s-bigip-crtl) passes BIG-IP username and password as command line parameters, which may lead to disclosure of the credentials used by the container.

Affected products

F5 Big-Ip Controller: from 1.0.0 through 1.5.0

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104944
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K58935003
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104944
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K58935003

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