Vulnerability · Published May 10, 2021 · Assigned by f5

CVE-2021-23012

High 8.2

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in BIG-IP. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

On BIG-IP versions 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.3, 14.1.x before 14.1.4, and 13.1.x before 13.1.4, lack of input validation for items used in the system support functionality may allow users granted either "Resource Administrator" or "Administrator" roles to execute arbitrary bash commands on BIG-IP. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a BIG-IP 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.3, 14.1.x before 14.1.4, and 13.1.x before 13.1.4

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