CVE-2022-28708: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

On F5 BIG-IP 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.2 and 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1, when a BIG-IP DNS resolver-enabled, HTTP-Explicit or SOCKS profile is configured on a virtual server, an undisclosed DNS response can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) 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 15.1.0 only; version 15.1.1 only; version 15.1.2 only; version 15.1.3 only; version 15.1.4 only; version 15.1.5 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: version 15.1.0 only; version 15.1.1 only; version 15.1.2 only; version 15.1.3 only; version 15.1.4 only; version 15.1.5 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Analytics: version 15.1.0 only; version 15.1.1 only; version 15.1.2 only; version 15.1.3 only; version 15.1.4 only; version 15.1.5 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: version 15.1.0 only; version 15.1.1 only; version 15.1.2 only; version 15.1.3 only; version 15.1.4 only; version 15.1.5 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: version 15.1.0 only; version 15.1.1 only; version 15.1.2 only; version 15.1.3 only; version 15.1.4 only; version 15.1.5 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System: version 15.1.0 only; version 15.1.1 only; version 15.1.2 only; version 15.1.3 only; version 15.1.4 only; version 15.1.5 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Fraud Protection Service: version 15.1.0 only; version 15.1.1 only; version 15.1.2 only; version 15.1.3 only; version 15.1.4 only; version 15.1.5 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: version 15.1.0 only; version 15.1.1 only; version 15.1.2 only; version 15.1.3 only; version 15.1.4 only; version 15.1.5 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: version 15.1.0 only; version 15.1.1 only; version 15.1.2 only; version 15.1.3 only; version 15.1.4 only; version 15.1.5 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: version 15.1.0 only; version 15.1.1 only; version 15.1.2 only; version 15.1.3 only; version 15.1.4 only; version 15.1.5 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: version 15.1.0 only; version 15.1.1 only; version 15.1.2 only; version 15.1.3 only; version 15.1.4 only; version 15.1.5 only; …

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