VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-5543

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.23%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-07-31
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Primary references