CVE-2022-1388 (GCVE-0-2022-1388)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-05 16:18 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:15
VLAI?
Summary
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 12.1.x and 11.6.x versions, undisclosed requests may bypass iControl REST authentication. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Assigner
f5
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
F5 BIG-IP Unaffected: 17.0.0 , < 17.0.x* (custom)
Affected: 16.1.x , < 16.1.2.2 (custom)
Affected: 15.1.x , < 15.1.5.1 (custom)
Affected: 14.1.x , < 14.1.4.6 (custom)
Affected: 13.1.x , < 13.1.5 (custom)
Affected: 12.1.x , ≤ 12.1.6 (custom)
Affected: 11.6.x , ≤ 11.6.5 (custom)
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