CVE-2022-23015: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

On BIG-IP versions 16.x before 16.1.0, 15.1.x before 15.1.4.1, and 14.1.2.6-14.1.4.4, when a Client SSL profile is configured on a virtual server with Client Certificate Authentication set to request/require and Session Ticket enabled and configured, processing SSL traffic can cause an increase in memory resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 14.1.2.6, before 14.1.4.4 (fixed in 14.1.4.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.4.1 (fixed in 15.1.4.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.1.0 (fixed in 16.1.0)
• F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 14.1.2.6, before 14.1.4.4 (fixed in 14.1.4.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.4.1 (fixed in 15.1.4.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.1.0 (fixed in 16.1.0)
• F5 BIG-IP Analytics: from 14.1.2.6, before 14.1.4.4 (fixed in 14.1.4.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.4.1 (fixed in 15.1.4.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.1.0 (fixed in 16.1.0)
• F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: from 14.1.2.6, before 14.1.4.4 (fixed in 14.1.4.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.4.1 (fixed in 15.1.4.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.1.0 (fixed in 16.1.0)
• F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 14.1.2.6, before 14.1.4.4 (fixed in 14.1.4.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.4.1 (fixed in 15.1.4.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.1.0 (fixed in 16.1.0)
• F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System: from 14.1.2.6, before 14.1.4.4 (fixed in 14.1.4.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.4.1 (fixed in 15.1.4.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.1.0 (fixed in 16.1.0)
• F5 BIG-IP Fraud Protection Service: from 14.1.2.6, before 14.1.4.4 (fixed in 14.1.4.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.4.1 (fixed in 15.1.4.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.1.0 (fixed in 16.1.0)
• F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: from 14.1.2.6, before 14.1.4.4 (fixed in 14.1.4.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.4.1 (fixed in 15.1.4.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.1.0 (fixed in 16.1.0)
• F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 14.1.2.6, before 14.1.4.4 (fixed in 14.1.4.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.4.1 (fixed in 15.1.4.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.1.0 (fixed in 16.1.0)
• F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 14.1.2.6, before 14.1.4.4 (fixed in 14.1.4.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.4.1 (fixed in 15.1.4.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.1.0 (fixed in 16.1.0)
• F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: from 14.1.2.6, before 14.1.4.4 (fixed in 14.1.4.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.4.1 (fixed in 15.1.4.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.1.0 (fixed in 16.1.0)

Published 2022-01-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.