CVE-2022-26890: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

On F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF, ASM, and APM 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.1, 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5, 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, and 13.1.x versions prior to 13.1.5, when ASM or Advanced WAF, as well as APM, are configured on a virtual server, the ASM policy is configured with Session Awareness, and the "Use APM Username and Session ID" option is enabled, undisclosed requests can cause the bd process to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: version 13.1.0 only; version 13.1.1 only; version 13.1.3 only; version 13.1.4 only; version 13.1.5 only; version 14.1.0 only; …
• F5 BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall: version 13.1.0 only; version 13.1.1 only; version 13.1.3 only; version 13.1.4 only; version 13.1.5 only; version 14.1.0 only; …
• F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: version 13.1.0 only; version 13.1.1 only; version 13.1.3 only; version 13.1.4 only; version 13.1.5 only; version 14.1.0 only; …

Published 2022-05-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.