High severity · published May 5, 2022
CVE-2022-26890
On F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF, ASM, and APM 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.1, 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5, 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, and 13.1.x versions prior to 13.1.5,…
7.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
On F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF, ASM, and APM 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.1, 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5, 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, and 13.1.x versions prior to 13.1.5, when ASM or Advanced WAF, as well as APM, are configured on a virtual server, the ASM policy is configured with Session Awareness, and the "Use APM Username and Session ID" option is enabled, undisclosed requests can cause the bd process to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 61% 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
13.1.0; 13.1.1; 13.1.3; 13.1.4; 13.1.5; 14.1.0; +12 more · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Advanced Web Application Firewall · F5
13.1.0; 13.1.1; 13.1.3; 13.1.4; 13.1.5; 14.1.0; +12 more · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Security Manager · F5
13.1.0; 13.1.1; 13.1.3; 13.1.4; 13.1.5; 14.1.0; +12 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26890
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26890
Vendor Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K03442392
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