Medium severity · published Mar 29, 2023
CVE-2023-1550
Insertion of Sensitive Information into log file vulnerability in NGINX Agent
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Insertion of Sensitive Information into log file vulnerability in NGINX Agent. NGINX Agent version 2.0 before 2.23.3 inserts sensitive information into a log file. An authenticated attacker with local access to read agent log files may gain access to private keys. This issue is only exposed when the non-default trace level logging is enabled. Note: NGINX Agent is included with NGINX Instance Manager and used in conjunction with NGINX API Connectivity Manager, and NGINX Management Suite Security Monitoring.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 12% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NA
Nginx Agent · F5
2.0.0 before 2.23.3 · source: NVD
NI
Nginx Instance Manager · F5
2.0.0 before 2.9.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1550
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1550
Vendor Advisory
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000133135
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230511-0008/
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