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Vulnerability · Published May 5, 2022 · Assigned by f5

CVE-2022-27181

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in BIG-IP APM from F5. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 39.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

On F5 BIG-IP APM 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.2, 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1, 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, 13.1.x versions prior to 13.1.5, and all versions of 12.1.x and 11.6.x, when APM is configured on a virtual server and the associated access profile is configured with APM AAA NTLM Auth, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in internal resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
F5 BIG-IP APM 12.1.x11.6.x16.1.x – before 16.1.2.215.1.x – before 15.1.5.114.1.x – before 14.1.4.613.1.x – before 13.1.5

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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