Vulnerability · Published Mar 31, 2021 · Assigned by f5
CVE-2021-22997
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in BIG-IQ. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 66% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 33.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
On all 7.x and 6.x versions (fixed in 8.0.0), BIG-IQ HA ElasticSearch service does not implement any form of authentication for the clustering transport services, and all data used by ElasticSearch for transport is unencrypted. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K34074377 x_refsource_MISC