CVE-2021-22986

Summary

CVECVE-2021-22986
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-03-31 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-07-12 17:42:00 UTC
DescriptionOn BIG-IP versions 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, and 12.1.x before 12.1.5.3 amd BIG-IQ 7.1.0.x before 7.1.0.3 and 7.0.0.x before 7.0.0.2, the iControl REST interface has an unauthenticated remote command execution vulnerability. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.944850000 probability, percentile 0.999990000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2021-11-03; due 2021-11-17; ransomware use Known

Problem Types: CWE-918

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorF5
ProductBIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management
NameF5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22986

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Web Application Firewall All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Analytics All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Ddos Hybrid Defender All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Domain Name System All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Fraud Protection Service All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-iq Centralized Management All All All All
Application F5 Ssl Orchestrator All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
F5 BIG-IP 16.0.x Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
support.f5.com/csp/article/K03009991 MISC support.f5.com
F5 iControl Server-Side Request Forgery / Remote Command Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev
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