Vulnerability · Published May 13, 2026 · Assigned by f5

CVE-2026-42058BIG-IP iControl REST vulnerability

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity incorrect permission assignment in BIG-IP from F5. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An authenticated attacker's undisclosed requests to BIG-IP iControl REST can lead to an information leak of BIG-IP local user account names.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
F5 BIG-IP 21.0.0 – before 21.0.0.217.5.0 – before 17.5.1.617.1.0 – before 17.1.3.216.1.0 – before *

Weakness: CWE-732 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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