Medium severity · published May 5, 2022
CVE-2022-26835
On F5 BIG-IP 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.2, 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1, 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, 13.1.x versions prior to 13.1.5, and all versions of 12.1.x…
4.9
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
On F5 BIG-IP 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.2, 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1, 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, 13.1.x versions prior to 13.1.5, and all versions of 12.1.x and 11.6.x, directory traversal vulnerabilities exist in undisclosed iControl REST endpoints and TMOS Shell (tmsh) commands in F5 BIG-IP Guided Configuration, which may allow an authenticated attacker with at least resource administrator role privileges to read arbitrary files. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BA
Big-ip Access Policy Manager · F5
11.6.1; 11.6.2; 11.6.3; 11.6.4; 11.6.5; 12.1.0; +25 more · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager · F5
11.6.1; 11.6.2; 11.6.3; 11.6.4; 11.6.5; 12.1.0; +25 more · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Analytics · F5
11.6.1; 11.6.2; 11.6.3; 11.6.4; 11.6.5; 12.1.0; +25 more · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager · F5
11.6.1; 11.6.2; 11.6.3; 11.6.4; 11.6.5; 12.1.0; +25 more · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Security Manager · F5
11.6.1; 11.6.2; 11.6.3; 11.6.4; 11.6.5; 12.1.0; +25 more · source: NVD
BD
Big-ip Domain Name System · F5
11.6.1; 11.6.2; 11.6.3; 11.6.4; 11.6.5; 12.1.0; +25 more · source: NVD
BF
Big-ip Fraud Protection Service · F5
11.6.1; 11.6.2; 11.6.3; 11.6.4; 11.6.5; 12.1.0; +25 more · source: NVD
BG
Big-ip Global Traffic Manager · F5
11.6.1; 11.6.2; 11.6.3; 11.6.4; 11.6.5; 12.1.0; +25 more · source: NVD
BL
Big-ip Link Controller · F5
11.6.1; 11.6.2; 11.6.3; 11.6.4; 11.6.5; 12.1.0; +25 more · source: NVD
BL
Big-ip Local Traffic Manager · F5
11.6.1; 11.6.2; 11.6.3; 11.6.4; 11.6.5; 12.1.0; +25 more · source: NVD
BP
Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager · F5
11.6.1; 11.6.2; 11.6.3; 11.6.4; 11.6.5; 12.1.0; +25 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26835
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26835
Vendor Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K53197140
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