CVE-2022-41983: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Low severity, CVSS 3.7. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

On specific hardware platforms, on BIG-IP versions 16.1.x before 16.1.3.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.7, 14.1.x before 14.1.5.1, and all versions of 13.1.x, while Intel QAT (QuickAssist Technology) and the AES-GCM/CCM cipher is in use, undisclosed conditions can cause BIG-IP to send data unencrypted even with an SSL Profile applied.

Affected products

  • F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.1 (fixed in 14.1.5.1); 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)
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.1 (fixed in 14.1.5.1); 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)
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.1 (fixed in 14.1.5.1); 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)
  • F5 BIG-IP Analytics: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.1 (fixed in 14.1.5.1); 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)
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.1 (fixed in 14.1.5.1); 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)
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.1 (fixed in 14.1.5.1); 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)
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Visibility And Reporting: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.1 (fixed in 14.1.5.1); 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)
  • F5 BIG-IP Carrier-Grade Nat: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.1 (fixed in 14.1.5.1); 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)
  • F5 BIG-IP Ddos Hybrid Defender: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.1 (fixed in 14.1.5.1); 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)
  • F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.1 (fixed in 14.1.5.1); 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)
  • F5 BIG-IP Edge Gateway: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.1 (fixed in 14.1.5.1); 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)
  • F5 BIG-IP Fraud Protection Service: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.1 (fixed in 14.1.5.1); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.6 (fixed in 15.1.6); from 16.1.0, before 16.1.3.1 (fixed in 16.1.3.1)
  • F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.1 (fixed in 14.1.5.1); 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)
  • F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.1 (fixed in 14.1.5.1); 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)
  • F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.1 (fixed in 14.1.5.1); 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)
  • F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.1 (fixed in 14.1.5.1); 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)
  • F5 BIG-IP SSL Orchestrator: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.1 (fixed in 14.1.5.1); 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)
  • F5 BIG-IP Webaccelerator: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.1 (fixed in 14.1.5.1); 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)
  • F5 BIG-IP Websafe: from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.5; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.5.1 (fixed in 14.1.5.1); 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)

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