CVE-2023-28656 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-28656

NGINX Management Suite vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

NGINX Management Suite may allow an authenticated attacker to gain access to configuration objects outside of their assigned environment.   Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • F5

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

NGINX Instance Manager, NGINX API Connectivity Manager, NGINX Security Monitoring
Vulnerable Versions:
2.0.0, 1.0.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 3rd, 2023
Last Modified: February 13th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-639

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1021 Remote Services
Lateral Movement
T1098 Account Manipulation
Privilege Escalation