Exposure of Net HSM Partition Password in F5 BIG-IP Versions Prior to 15.1.5.1 and 14.1.4.6

Exposure of Net HSM Partition Password in F5 BIG-IP Versions Prior to 15.1.5.1 and 14.1.4.6

CVE-2022-28859 · MEDIUM Severity

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

On F5 BIG-IP 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1 and 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, when installing Net HSM, the scripts (nethsm-safenet-install.sh and nethsm-thales-install.sh) expose the Net HSM partition password. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

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