CVE-2018-5543

HIGH 8.8CVE-2018-5543 · Published 31/07/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-5543 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting big-ip controller (f5).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 69.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
big-ip controller f5	`≥ 1.0.0, ≤ 1.5.0`	No fix yet

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.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/104944 · Third Party Advisory
support.f5.com/csp/article/K58935003 · Vendor Advisory

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