🛡️ CVE-2026-40462 — big-ip-access-policy-manager

🟡 CVSS 6.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-732 NVD
6.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Incorrect permission assignment vulnerabilities exist in iControl REST and TMOS shell (tmsh) undisclosed command which may allow an authenticated attacker to view sensitive information.  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 low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-40462 is classified as CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. A sensitive resource is assigned permissions that let unintended actors read or modify it.

Affected software

CVE-2026-40462 is recorded against 22 packages.

  • big-ip-access-policy-manager (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-advanced-firewall-manager (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-advanced-web-application-firewall (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-analytics (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-application-acceleration-manager (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-application-security-manager (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-application-visibility-and-reporting (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-automation-toolchain (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-carrier-grade-nat (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-container-ingress-services (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-ddos-hybrid-defender (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-domain-name-system (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-edge-gateway (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-fraud-protection-service (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-global-traffic-manager (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-link-controller (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-local-traffic-manager (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-policy-enforcement-manager (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-ssl-orchestrator (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-webaccelerator (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-websafe (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 13 May 2026 and last revised on 29 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

my.f5.com

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-732
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-05-13
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-29
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
big-ip-access-policy-manager 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-advanced-firewall-manager 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-advanced-web-application-firewall 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-analytics 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-application-acceleration-manager 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-application-security-manager 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-application-visibility-and-reporting 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-automation-toolchain 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-carrier-grade-nat 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-container-ingress-services 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-ddos-hybrid-defender 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-domain-name-system 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-edge-gateway 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-fraud-protection-service 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-global-traffic-manager 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-link-controller 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-local-traffic-manager 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-policy-enforcement-manager 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-ssl-orchestrator 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-webaccelerator 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-websafe 16.1.0 16.1.6
unknown

References

Mitigation, Vendor Advisory https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000156581

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