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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This CVE is actively exploited in the wild. CISA mandates federal agencies to patch immediately.

CVE

CVE-2021-22986

9.8

CVSScritical

Exploitable remotely over the internet · no authentication required.

Description

On BIG-IP versions 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, and 12.1.x before 12.1.5.3 amd BIG-IQ 7.1.0.x before 7.1.0.3 and 7.0.0.x before 7.0.0.2, the iControl REST interface has an unauthenticated remote command execution vulnerability. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.

Attack Vector

Network

Privileges Req.

None

User Interaction

None

big-ip; big-iq

Updated Sep 26, 2026View on NVD →

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Detects 'Remote Code Execution (RCE)' vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP, BIG-IQ affects v. BIG-IP 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, 12.1.x before 12.1.5.3; BIG-IQ 7.1.0.x before 7.1.0.3, 7.0.0.x before 7.0.0.2.

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