BIG-IP vulnerabilities
152 known vulnerabilities in BIG-IP from F5. 152 are rated high or critical, and 5 have been exploited in real attacks. Each entry lists the affected versions and the release that fixes it, where the vendor has published one.
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- 7.2 High severity
BIG-IP: Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality
BIG-IP monitor functionality may allow an attacker to bypass access control restrictions, regardless of the port lockdown settings. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
In BIG-IP tenants running on r2000 and r4000 series hardware, or BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VEs) using Intel E810 SR-IOV NIC, undisclosed traffic can cause an increase in memory resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Sup
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: NULL Pointer Dereference
When TCP profile with Multipath TCP enabled (MPTCP) is configured on a Virtual Server, undisclosed traffic along with conditions beyond the attackers control can cause TMM to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS)
- 7.5 High severity
When a stateless virtual server is configured on BIG-IP system with a High-Speed Bridge (HSB)…
When a stateless virtual server is configured on BIG-IP system with a High-Speed Bridge (HSB), undisclosed requests can cause TMM to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: Access of Uninitialized Pointer
When IPsec is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
- 8.0 High severity
BIG-IP: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in an undisclosed page of the BIG-IP Configuration utility that allows an attacker to run JavaScript in the context of the currently logged-in user. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Tech
- 7.4 High severity
BIG-IP Edge Client: Origin Validation Error
An origin validation vulnerability exists in BIG-IP APM browser network access VPN client for Windows, macOS and Linux which may allow an attacker to bypass F5 endpoint inspection. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: NULL Pointer Dereference
When BIG-IP AFM is licensed and provisioned, undisclosed DNS traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: NULL Pointer Dereference
When a virtual server is enabled with VLAN group and SNAT listener is configured, undisclosed traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: Out-of-bounds Write
When a BIG-IP PEM classification profile is configured on a UDP virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. This issue affects classification engines using signatures released between 09-08-2022 and 02-
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
When SSL Client Certificate LDAP or Certificate Revocation List Distribution Point (CRLDP) authentication profile is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in CPU resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reac
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size
Undisclosed requests can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. For the Application Visibility and Reporting module, this may occur when the HTTP Analytics profile with URLs enabled under Collected Entities is configured on a virtual serv
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: Use of Uninitialized Resource
When HTTP/2 is configured on BIG-IP or BIG-IP Next SPK systems, undisclosed responses can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: NULL Pointer Dereference
When a BIG-IP Advanced WAF or BIG-IP ASM policy with a Request Body Handling option is attached to a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the BD process to terminate. The condition results from setting the Request Body Handling option in the Header-B
- 7.2 High severity
When BIG-IP is deployed in high availability (HA) and an iControl REST API token is updated…
When BIG-IP is deployed in high availability (HA) and an iControl REST API token is updated, the change does not sync to the peer device. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
- 8.7 High severity
BIG-IP: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command
When running in appliance mode, an authenticated remote command injection vulnerability exists in an undisclosed iControl REST endpoint on multi-bladed systems. A successful exploit can allow the attacker to cross a security boundary. Note: Software versions w
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: Return of Pointer Value Outside of Expected Range
When an Advanced WAF/ASM security policy and a Websockets profile are configured on a virtual server, undisclosed traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) process to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Suppo
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
When a BIG-IP ASM/Advanced WAF security policy is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in memory resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
For unspecified traffic patterns, BIG-IP AFM IPS engine may spend an excessive amount of time matching the traffic against signatures, resulting in Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) restarting and traffic disruption. Note: Software versions which have reach
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: NULL Pointer Dereference
When BIG-IP AFM Device DoS or DoS profile is configured with NXDOMAIN attack vector and bad actor detection, undisclosed queries can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. NOTE: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Suppor
- 8.8 High severity
F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility SQL Injection Exploited
An authenticated SQL injection vulnerability exists in the BIG-IP Configuration utility which may allow an authenticated attacker with network access to the Configuration utility through the BIG-IP management port and/or self IP addresses to execute arbitrary
- 9.8 Critical severity
F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility Authentication Bypass Exploited
Undisclosed requests may bypass configuration utility authentication, allowing an attacker with network access to the BIG-IP system through the management port and/or self IP addresses to execute arbitrary system commands. Note: Software versions which have re
- 8.7 High severity
BIG-IP: Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
When running in Appliance mode, an authenticated user assigned the Administrator role may be able to bypass Appliance mode restrictions, utilizing BIG-IP external monitor on a BIG-IP system. A successful exploit can allow the attacker to cross a security bound
- 7.2 High severity
When a non-admin user has been assigned an administrator role via an iControl REST PUT request…
When a non-admin user has been assigned an administrator role via an iControl REST PUT request and later the user's role is reverted back to a non-admin role via the Configuration utility, tmsh, or iControl REST. BIG-IP non-admin user can still have access to
- 9.9 Critical severity
BIG-IP: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the BIG-IP Configuration Utility that may allow an authenticated attacker to execute commands on the BIG-IP system. For BIG-IP system running in Appliance mode, a successful exploit can allow the attacker to cross
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
When IPSec is configured on a Virtual Server, undisclosed traffic can cause TMM to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
When TCP Verified Accept is enabled on a TCP profile that is configured on a Virtual Server, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in memory resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
- 8.1 High severity
An authenticated user's session cookie may remain valid for a limited time after logging out…
An authenticated user's session cookie may remain valid for a limited time after logging out from the BIG-IP Configuration utility on a multi-blade VIPRION platform. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
When a client-side HTTP/2 profile and the HTTP MRF Router option are enabled for a virtual server, and an iRule using the HTTP_REQUEST event or Local Traffic Policy are associated with the virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause TMM to terminate. Note:
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
When UDP profile with idle timeout set to immediate or the value 0 is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed traffic can cause TMM to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
- 8.8 High severity
BIG-IP: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
When DNS is provisioned, an authenticated remote command execution vulnerability exists in DNS iQuery mesh. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: Improper Initialization
On BIG-IP Virtual Edition versions 15.1x beginning in 15.1.4 to before 15.1.8 and 14.1.x beginning in 14.1.5 to before 14.1.5.3, and BIG-IP SPK beginning in 1.5.0 to before 1.6.0, when FastL4 profile is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed traffic can c
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
On versions 17.0.x before 17.0.0.2, 16.1.x before 16.1.3.3, 15.1.0 before 15.1.8, 14.1.x before 14.1.5.3, and all versions of 13.1.x, when a BIG-IP Advanced WAF or BIG-IP ASM security policy is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause an
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: Out-of-bounds Write
On BIG-IP versions 16.1.x before 16.1.3.3, 15.1.x before 15.1.8.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.5.3, and all versions of 13.1.x, when a SIP profile is configured on a Message Routing type virtual server, undisclosed traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: NULL Pointer Dereference
On BIG-IP versions 17.0.x before 17.0.0.2, 16.1.x before 16.1.3.3, 15.1.x before 15.1.8.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.5.3, and all version of 13.1.x, when a DNS profile with the Rapid Response Mode setting enabled is configured on a virtual server with hardware SYN co
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
On BIG-IP versions 17.0.x before 17.0.0.2 and 16.1.x before 16.1.3.3, and BIG-IP SPK starting in version 1.6.0, when a client-side HTTP/2 profile and the HTTP MRF Router option are enabled for a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in mem
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
On BIG-IP versions 17.0.x before 17.0.0.2 and 16.1.x before 16.1.3.3, when a HTTP profile with the non-default Enforcement options of Enforce HTTP Compliance and Unknown Methods: Reject are configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the Tra
- 8.5 High severity
BIG-IP: Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
A format string vulnerability exists in iControl SOAP that allows an authenticated attacker to crash the iControl SOAP CGI process or, potentially execute arbitrary code. In appliance mode BIG-IP, a successful exploit of this vulnerability can allow the attack
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: NULL Pointer Dereference
On version 14.1.x before 14.1.5.3, and all versions of 13.1.x, when the BIG-IP APM system is configured with all the following elements, undisclosed requests may cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate: * An OAuth Server that references an
- 7.5 High severity
BIG-IP: NULL Pointer Dereference
On BIG-IP versions 16.1.x before 16.1.3.3, 15.1.x before 15.1.8, 14.1.x before 14.1.5.3, and all versions of 13.1.x, when a SIP profile is configured on a Message Routing type virtual server, undisclosed traffic can cause TMM to terminate. Note: Software versi