An authenticated attacker with the Resource Administrator or Administrator role can modify configuration objects through iControl SOAP resulting in privilege escalation. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVE-2026-40631 is classified as CWE-552: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties. Files intended to stay internal are reachable from outside the application.
CVE-2026-40631 is recorded against 21 packages.
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.
big-ip-access-policy-manager has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-552: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties) in other software:
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| big-ip-access-policy-manager | — | — |
| big-ip-advanced-firewall-manager | — | — |
| big-ip-advanced-web-application-firewall | — | — |
| big-ip-analytics | — | — |
| big-ip-application-acceleration-manager | — | — |
| big-ip-application-security-manager | — | — |
| big-ip-application-visibility-and-reporting | — | — |
| big-ip-automation-toolchain | — | — |
| big-ip-carrier-grade-nat | — | — |
| big-ip-container-ingress-services | — | — |
| big-ip-ddos-hybrid-defender | — | — |
| big-ip-domain-name-system | — | — |
| big-ip-edge-gateway | — | — |
| big-ip-fraud-protection-service | — | — |
| big-ip-global-traffic-manager | — | — |
| big-ip-link-controller | — | — |
| big-ip-local-traffic-manager | — | — |
| big-ip-policy-enforcement-manager | — | — |
| big-ip-ssl-orchestrator | — | — |
| big-ip-webaccelerator | — | — |
| big-ip-websafe | — | — |
References
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