Vulnerability · Published Feb 12, 2021 · Assigned by f5

CVE-2021-22976

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in BIG-IP Advanced WAF & BIG-IP ASM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

On BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM version 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2, 14.1.x before 14.1.3.1, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, and all 12.1.x versions, when the BIG-IP ASM system processes WebSocket requests with JSON payloads, an unusually large number of parameters can cause excessive CPU usage in the BIG-IP ASM bd process. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a BIG-IP Advanced WAF & BIG-IP ASM 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2, 14.1.x before 14.1.3.1, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, and all 12.1.x versions

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