CVE-2018-5543 (GCVE-0-2018-5543)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-31 14:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:21
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Information Disclosure
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104944 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K58935003 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
F5 Networks, Inc. F5 Container Connector Affected: 1.0.0-1.5.0
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Date Public
2018-07-30 00:00
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