Medium severity · published May 5, 2022
CVE-2022-29474
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…
4.3
CVSS
1.6%
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, a directory traversal vulnerability exists in iControl SOAP that allows an authenticated attacker with at least guest role privileges to read wsdl files in the BIG-IP file system. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 75% 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-2022-29474
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29474
Vendor Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K59904248
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