CVE-2022-35240: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In BIG-IP Versions 16.1.x before 16.1.2.2, 15.1.x before 15.1.6.1, and 14.1.x before 14.1.5, when the Message Routing (MR) Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) profile is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests 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 14.1.0, before 14.1.5 (fixed in 14.1.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.6.1 (fixed in 15.1.6.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.2.2 (fixed in 16.1.2.2)
• F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5 (fixed in 14.1.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.6.1 (fixed in 15.1.6.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.2.2 (fixed in 16.1.2.2)
• F5 BIG-IP Analytics: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5 (fixed in 14.1.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.6.1 (fixed in 15.1.6.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.2.2 (fixed in 16.1.2.2)
• F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5 (fixed in 14.1.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.6.1 (fixed in 15.1.6.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.2.2 (fixed in 16.1.2.2)
• F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5 (fixed in 14.1.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.6.1 (fixed in 15.1.6.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.2.2 (fixed in 16.1.2.2)
• F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5 (fixed in 14.1.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.6.1 (fixed in 15.1.6.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.2.2 (fixed in 16.1.2.2)
• F5 BIG-IP Fraud Protection Service: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5 (fixed in 14.1.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.6.1 (fixed in 15.1.6.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.2.2 (fixed in 16.1.2.2)
• F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5 (fixed in 14.1.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.6.1 (fixed in 15.1.6.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.2.2 (fixed in 16.1.2.2)
• F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5 (fixed in 14.1.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.6.1 (fixed in 15.1.6.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.2.2 (fixed in 16.1.2.2)
• F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5 (fixed in 14.1.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.6.1 (fixed in 15.1.6.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.2.2 (fixed in 16.1.2.2)
• F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5 (fixed in 14.1.5); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.6.1 (fixed in 15.1.6.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.2.2 (fixed in 16.1.2.2)

Published 2022-08-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.