CVE-2026-42406

HIGH

F5 BIG-IP/BIG-IQ - Authenticated Privilege Escalation

Title source: manual

Description

A vulnerability exists in BIG-IP and BIG-IQ systems where a highly privileged, authenticated attacker with at least the Certificate Manager role can modify configuration objects that allow running arbitrary commands. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory patch

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000160971

Scores

CVSS v3 8.7

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 11.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-267

Status published

Products (6)

F5/BIG-IP 16.1.0

F5/BIG-IP 17.1.0 - 17.1.3.2

F5/BIG-IP 17.5.0 - 17.5.1.6

F5/BIG-IP 21.0.0 - 21.0.0.2

F5/BIG-IP 21.1.0

F5/BIG-IQ 8.4.0

Published May 13, 2026

Tracked Since May 13, 2026