CVE-2021-22988 is an authenticated remote command execution vulnerability affecting the TMUI (Configuration utility) in various versions of F5 BIG-IP. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability allows a low-privileged attacker to execute arbitrary commands over the network, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness. There is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV) and it is currently inactive on the Hot List.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.6.1, < 11.6.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.1.0, < 12.1.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.1.0, < 13.1.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.