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CVE-2021-22986

F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Exploited in the wild

This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2021-11-03. Federal due date: 2021-11-17.

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Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

Impact

On 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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
F5Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
from 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.3
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.6
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.2.1
from 16.0.0 before 16.0.1.1
F5Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager
from 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.3
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.6
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.2.1
from 16.0.0 before 16.0.1.1
F5Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall
from 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.3
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.6
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.2.1
from 16.0.0 before 16.0.1.1
F5Big-Ip Analytics
from 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.3
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.6
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.2.1
from 16.0.0 before 16.0.1.1
F5Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager
from 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.3
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.6
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.2.1
from 16.0.0 before 16.0.1.1
F5Big-Ip Application Security Manager
from 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.3
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.6
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.2.1
from 16.0.0 before 16.0.1.1
F5Big-Ip Ddos Hybrid Defender
from 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.3
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.6
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.2.1
from 16.0.0 before 16.0.1.1
F5Big-Ip Domain Name System
from 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.3
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.6
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.2.1
from 16.0.0 before 16.0.1.1
F5Big-Ip Fraud Protection Service
from 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.3
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.6
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.2.1
from 16.0.0 before 16.0.1.1
F5Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager
from 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.3
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.6
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.2.1
from 16.0.0 before 16.0.1.1
F5Big-Ip Link Controller
from 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.3
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.6
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.2.1
from 16.0.0 before 16.0.1.1
F5Big-Ip Local Traffic Manager
from 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.3
from 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.6
from 14.1.0 before 14.1.4
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.2.1
from 16.0.0 before 16.0.1.1

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