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CVE-2024-23308: BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-02-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

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

Affected products

• F5 Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall: from 17.1.0 before 17.1.1 — fixed in 17.1.1
• BIG-IP ASM: from 17.1.0 before 17.1.1 — fixed in 17.1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: F5 Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall 17.1.1; BIG-IP ASM 17.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000137416
• https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000137416

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