CVE-2022-41617: F5 BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In versions 16.1.x before 16.1.3.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.6.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.5.1, and 13.1.x before 13.1.5.1, When the Advanced WAF / ASM module is provisioned, an authenticated remote code execution vulnerability exists in the BIG-IP iControl REST interface.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall: from 13.1.0, before 13.1.5.1 (fixed in 13.1.5.1); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.1 (fixed in 14.1.5.1); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.6.1 (fixed in 15.1.6.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.1 (fixed in 16.1.3.1)
• F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 13.1.0, before 13.1.5.1 (fixed in 13.1.5.1); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.1 (fixed in 14.1.5.1); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.6.1 (fixed in 15.1.6.1); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.1 (fixed in 16.1.3.1)

Published 2022-10-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.