CVE-2021-22974
HIGHF5 BIG-IP 13.1.0-13.1.3.5 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via iControl REST Race Condition
Title source: llmDescription
On BIG-IP version 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2, 14.1.x before 14.1.3.1, and 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6 and all versions of BIG-IQ 7.x and 6.x, an authenticated attacker with access to iControl REST over the control plane may be able to take advantage of a race condition to execute commands with an elevated privilege level. This vulnerability is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-6167. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K68652018
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0033
EPSS Percentile
55.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-362
Status
published
Products (15)
f5/big-ip_access_policy_manager
13.1.0 - 13.1.3.6
f5/big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager
13.1.0 - 13.1.3.5
f5/big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall
13.1.0 - 13.1.3.6
f5/big-ip_analytics
13.1.0 - 13.1.3.6
f5/big-ip_application_acceleration_manager
13.1.0 - 13.1.3.6
f5/big-ip_application_security_manager
13.1.0 - 13.1.3.6
f5/big-ip_ddos_hybrid_defender
13.1.0 - 13.1.3.6
f5/big-ip_domain_name_system
13.1.0 - 13.1.3.6
f5/big-ip_fraud_protection_service
13.1.0 - 13.1.3.5
f5/big-ip_global_traffic_manager
13.1.0 - 13.1.3.6
... and 5 more
Published
Feb 12, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026