Big Iq Centralized ManagementApplication · F5
CVE-2022-23009
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedOn BIG-IQ Centralized Management 8.x before 8.1.0, an authenticated administrative role user on a BIG-IQ managed BIG-IP device can access other BIG-IP devices managed by the same BIG-IQ system. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThis is an authorization bypass vulnerability in BIG-IQ Centralized Management where an authenticated administrative user with privileges on one managed BIG-IP device can unauthorizedly access other BIG-IP devices managed by the same BIG-IQ system. This represents a broken access control flaw allowing lateral movement across managed devices.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Big Iq Centralized ManagementApplication
= 8.0.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify BIG-IQ Centralized Management installationLocate the BIG-IQ CM system in your environment and confirm it is actively deployed as your centralized management platform for BIG-IP devices.Affected if BIG-IQ Centralized Management is present in your environment
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Determine installed BIG-IQ CM versionUse the BIG-IQ CM web interface under General Properties or run 'tmsh show /cm management-ip' command to retrieve the installed version number.Affected if The installed version is exactly 8.0.0
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Verify multi-device management is configuredCheck through BIG-IQ CM web interface under Devices to confirm it is managing multiple BIG-IP devices.Affected if BIG-IQ CM is managing more than one BIG-IP device
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Review administrative user role assignmentsExamine user accounts in BIG-IQ CM under User Management to identify administrative users assigned device-specific privileges.Affected if There are authenticated administrative users with privileges assigned to specific managed BIG-IP devices
You are affected if BIG-IQ Centralized Management version 8.0.0 is installed and actively managing multiple BIG-IP devices with user accounts that have device-specific administrative privileges.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpgrade BIG-IQ Centralized Management to version 8.1.0 or later to remediate this vulnerability.
8.1.0 or later (8.x before 8.1.0 is vulnerable, 8.1.0 and above contains the fix)
- Upgrade BIG-IQ Centralized Management from version 8.0.0 to version 8.1.0 or later
- Verify the upgrade completed successfully by checking the system version in the BIG-IQ interface
- Confirm that the fix is applied by logging in and verifying that cross-device unauthorized access is no longer possible
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Big Iq Centralized Management
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-23009 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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