🛡️ CVE-2022-35272 — big-ip-access-policy-manager

🟠 CVSS 7.5 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-404 NVD
7.5
CVSS Score
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Description

In BIG-IP Versions 17.0.x before 17.0.0.1 and 16.1.x before 16.1.3.1, when source-port preserve-strict is configured on an HTTP Message Routing Framework (MRF) virtual server, undisclosed traffic may cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to produce a core file and the connection to terminate. 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.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-35272 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-2022-35272 is recorded against 11 packages.

  • big-ip-access-policy-manager
  • big-ip-advanced-firewall-manager
  • big-ip-analytics
  • big-ip-application-acceleration-manager
  • big-ip-application-security-manager
  • big-ip-domain-name-system
  • big-ip-fraud-protection-service
  • big-ip-global-traffic-manager
  • big-ip-link-controller
  • big-ip-local-traffic-manager
  • big-ip-policy-enforcement-manager

Timeline and source

Published on 4 August 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

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 2022-08-04
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

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

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