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CVE-2021-22986: F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2021-22986 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.8 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2021-11-03

Technologies: F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management, F5 BIG-IP. Vendors: F5.

Executive brief

The iControl REST interface in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management contains an unauthenticated remote command execution vulnerability. Attackers with network access can execute system commands, manage files, and disable services without authentication.

Affected products

  • F5 BIG-IP 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, 12.1.x before 12.1.5.3
  • F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management 7.1.0.x before 7.1.0.3, 7.0.0.x before 7.0.0.2

Timeline

  • 2021-03-10: disclosed: Initial NIST analysis date recorded in change history
  • 2021-11-03: kev added: Date added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
  • 2021-11-03: advisory: Publication date of the advisory

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