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🛡️ CVE-2022-23010 — big-ip-access-policy-manager

🟠 CVSS 7.5 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-404 NVD
7.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

On BIG-IP versions 16.x before 16.1.0, 15.1.x before 15.1.4.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4.4, and all versions of 13.1.x, 12.1.x, and 11.6.x, when a FastL4 profile and an HTTP profile are 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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-23010 is classified as CWE-404: Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. A resource is not released correctly after use, leaving it locked, leaked or in an inconsistent state.

Affected software

CVE-2022-23010 is recorded against 11 packages.

  • big-ip-access-policy-manager (from 16.0.0 up to 16.1.0)
  • big-ip-advanced-firewall-manager (from 16.0.0 up to 16.1.0)
  • big-ip-analytics (from 16.0.0 up to 16.1.0)
  • big-ip-application-acceleration-manager (from 16.0.0 up to 16.1.0)
  • big-ip-application-security-manager (from 16.0.0 up to 16.1.0)
  • big-ip-domain-name-system (from 16.0.0 up to 16.1.0)
  • big-ip-fraud-protection-service (from 16.0.0 up to 16.1.0)
  • big-ip-global-traffic-manager (from 16.0.0 up to 16.1.0)
  • big-ip-link-controller (from 16.0.0 up to 16.1.0)
  • big-ip-local-traffic-manager (from 16.0.0 up to 16.1.0)
  • big-ip-policy-enforcement-manager (from 16.0.0 up to 16.1.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 25 January 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

support.f5.com
support.f5.com

Other advisories for this package

big-ip-access-policy-manager has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-404: Improper Resource Shutdown or Release) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-404
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-01-25
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
big-ip-access-policy-manager 16.0.0 16.1.0
big-ip-advanced-firewall-manager 16.0.0 16.1.0
big-ip-analytics 16.0.0 16.1.0
big-ip-application-acceleration-manager 16.0.0 16.1.0
big-ip-application-security-manager 16.0.0 16.1.0
big-ip-domain-name-system 16.0.0 16.1.0
big-ip-fraud-protection-service 16.0.0 16.1.0
big-ip-global-traffic-manager 16.0.0 16.1.0
big-ip-link-controller 16.0.0 16.1.0
big-ip-local-traffic-manager 16.0.0 16.1.0
big-ip-policy-enforcement-manager 16.0.0 16.1.0

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