CRITICAL🚩 CISA KEV⚡ EXPLOIT🇵🇱 Wersja polska

CVE-2021-22986

CVSS 9.8v3.1pub. 2021-03-31upd. 2025-10-27

On BIG-IP versions 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, and 12.1.x before 12.1.5.3 amd BIG-IQ 7.1.0.x before 7.1.0.3 and 7.0.0.x before 7.0.0.2, the iControl REST interface has an unauthenticated remote command execution vulnerability. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.

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CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

F5 Big Ip Access Policy Manager
APP
F5
12.1.0 – 12.1.5.3 (excl.)13.1.0 – 13.1.3.6 (excl.)14.1.0 – 14.1.4 (excl.)15.1.0 – 15.1.2.1 (excl.)16.0.0 – 16.0.1.1 (excl.)
F5 Big Ip Advanced Firewall Manager
APP
F5
12.1.0 – 12.1.5.3 (excl.)13.1.0 – 13.1.3.6 (excl.)14.1.0 – 14.1.4 (excl.)15.1.0 – 15.1.2.1 (excl.)16.0.0 – 16.0.1.1 (excl.)
F5 Big Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall
APP
F5
12.1.0 – 12.1.5.3 (excl.)13.1.0 – 13.1.3.6 (excl.)14.1.0 – 14.1.4 (excl.)15.1.0 – 15.1.2.1 (excl.)16.0.0 – 16.0.1.1 (excl.)
F5 Big Ip Analytics
APP
F5
12.1.0 – 12.1.5.3 (excl.)13.1.0 – 13.1.3.6 (excl.)14.1.0 – 14.1.4 (excl.)15.1.0 – 15.1.2.1 (excl.)16.0.0 – 16.0.1.1 (excl.)
F5 Big Ip Application Acceleration Manager
APP
F5
12.1.0 – 12.1.5.3 (excl.)13.1.0 – 13.1.3.6 (excl.)14.1.0 – 14.1.4 (excl.)15.1.0 – 15.1.2.1 (excl.)16.0.0 – 16.0.1.1 (excl.)
F5 Big Ip Application Security Manager
APP
F5
12.1.0 – 12.1.5.3 (excl.)13.1.0 – 13.1.3.6 (excl.)14.1.0 – 14.1.4 (excl.)15.1.0 – 15.1.2.1 (excl.)16.0.0 – 16.0.1.1 (excl.)
F5 Big Ip Ddos Hybrid Defender
APP
F5
12.1.0 – 12.1.5.3 (excl.)13.1.0 – 13.1.3.6 (excl.)14.1.0 – 14.1.4 (excl.)15.1.0 – 15.1.2.1 (excl.)16.0.0 – 16.0.1.1 (excl.)
F5 Big Ip Domain Name System
APP
F5
12.1.0 – 12.1.5.3 (excl.)13.1.0 – 13.1.3.6 (excl.)14.1.0 – 14.1.4 (excl.)15.1.0 – 15.1.2.1 (excl.)16.0.0 – 16.0.1.1 (excl.)
F5 Big Ip Fraud Protection Service
APP
F5
12.1.0 – 12.1.5.3 (excl.)13.1.0 – 13.1.3.6 (excl.)14.1.0 – 14.1.4 (excl.)15.1.0 – 15.1.2.1 (excl.)16.0.0 – 16.0.1.1 (excl.)
F5 Big Ip Global Traffic Manager
APP
F5
12.1.0 – 12.1.5.3 (excl.)13.1.0 – 13.1.3.6 (excl.)14.1.0 – 14.1.4 (excl.)15.1.0 – 15.1.2.1 (excl.)16.0.0 – 16.0.1.1 (excl.)
F5 Big Ip Link Controller
APP
F5
12.1.0 – 12.1.5.3 (excl.)13.1.0 – 13.1.3.6 (excl.)14.1.0 – 14.1.4 (excl.)15.1.0 – 15.1.2.1 (excl.)16.0.0 – 16.0.1.1 (excl.)
F5 Big Ip Local Traffic Manager
APP
F5
12.1.0 – 12.1.5.3 (excl.)13.1.0 – 13.1.3.6 (excl.)14.1.0 – 14.1.4 (excl.)15.1.0 – 15.1.2.1 (excl.)16.0.0 – 16.0.1.1 (excl.)
F5 Big Ip Policy Enforcement Manager
APP
F5
12.1.0 – 12.1.5.3 (excl.)13.1.0 – 13.1.3.6 (excl.)14.1.0 – 14.1.4 (excl.)15.1.0 – 15.1.2.1 (excl.)16.0.0 – 16.0.1.1 (excl.)
F5 Big Iq Centralized Management
APP
F5
6.0.0 – 6.1.0 (excl.)7.0.0 – 7.0.0.2 (excl.)7.1.0 – 7.1.0.3 (excl.)
F5 Ssl Orchestrator
APP
F5
12.1.0 – 12.1.5.3 (excl.)13.1.0 – 13.1.3.6 (excl.)14.1.0 – 14.1.4 (excl.)15.1.0 – 15.1.2.1 (excl.)16.0.0 – 16.0.1.1 (excl.)

CISA KEV — detailsi

Vendori: F5 ↗
Producti: BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management
Added to KEVi: November 3, 2021
Remediation deadline (US Federal)i: November 17, 2021(overdue)
Ransomwarei: Active ransomware campaigns exploit this vulnerability

🔧Advisory F5↗🇺🇸CISA KEV (original)↗

Required action (CISA)i

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA descriptioni

F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management contain a remote code execution vulnerability in the iControl REST interface that allows unauthenticated attackers with network access to execute system commands, create or delete files, and disable services.

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