CVE-2022-23018: F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

On BIG-IP AFM version 16.1.x before 16.1.2, 15.1.x before 15.1.4.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4.5, and 13.1.x beginning in 13.1.3.4, when a virtual server is configured with both HTTP protocol security and HTTP Proxy Connect profiles, undisclosed requests can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 13.1.3.4, before 13.1.4.1 (fixed in 13.1.4.1); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.4.5 (fixed in 14.1.4.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.4.1 (fixed in 15.1.4.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.2 (fixed in 16.1.2)

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