CVE-2022-41836: F5 BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

When an 'Attack Signature False Positive Mode' enabled security policy is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the bd process to terminate.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall: from 15.1.0, before 15.1.7 (fixed in 15.1.7); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.1 (fixed in 16.1.3.1); version 17.0.0 only
• F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 15.1.0, before 15.1.7 (fixed in 15.1.7); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.1 (fixed in 16.1.3.1); version 17.0.0 only

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