CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-22974
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-02-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362
Description
On BIG-IP version 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2, 14.1.x before 14.1.3.1, and 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6 and all versions of BIG-IQ 7.x and 6.x, an authenticated attacker with access to iControl REST over the control plane may be able to take advantage of a race condition to execute commands with an elevated privilege level. This vulnerability is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-6167. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.
Affected configurations
• f5 big-ip access policy manager (>= 13.1.0 < 13.1.3.6)
• f5 big-ip access policy manager (>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.3.1)
• f5 big-ip access policy manager (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.2)
• f5 big-ip access policy manager (>= 16.0.0 < 16.0.1.1)
• f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager (>= 13.1.0 < 13.1.3.5)
• f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager (>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.3.1)
• f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.2)
• f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager (>= 16.0.0 < 16.0.1.1)
• f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall (>= 13.1.0 < 13.1.3.6)
• f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall (>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.3.1)
• f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.2)
• f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall (>= 16.0.0 < 16.0.1.1)
• f5 big-ip analytics (>= 13.1.0 < 13.1.3.6)
• f5 big-ip analytics (>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.3.1)
• f5 big-ip analytics (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.2)
• f5 big-ip analytics (>= 16.0.0 < 16.0.1.1)
• f5 big-ip application acceleration manager (>= 13.1.0 < 13.1.3.6)
• f5 big-ip application acceleration manager (>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.3.1)
• f5 big-ip application acceleration manager (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.2)
• f5 big-ip application acceleration manager (>= 16.0.0 < 16.0.1.1)
• f5 big-ip application security manager (>= 13.1.0 < 13.1.3.6)
• f5 big-ip application security manager (>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.3.1)
• f5 big-ip application security manager (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.2)
• f5 big-ip application security manager (>= 16.0.0 < 16.0.1.1)
• f5 big-ip ddos hybrid defender (>= 13.1.0 < 13.1.3.6)
• f5 big-ip ddos hybrid defender (>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.3.1)
• f5 big-ip ddos hybrid defender (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.2)
• f5 big-ip ddos hybrid defender (>= 16.0.0 < 16.0.1.1)
• f5 big-ip domain name system (>= 13.1.0 < 13.1.3.6)
• f5 big-ip domain name system (>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.3.1)
• f5 big-ip domain name system (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.2)
• f5 big-ip domain name system (>= 16.0.0 < 16.0.1.1)
• f5 big-ip fraud protection service (>= 13.1.0 < 13.1.3.5)
• f5 big-ip fraud protection service (>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.3.1)
• f5 big-ip fraud protection service (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.2)
• f5 big-ip fraud protection service (>= 16.0.0 < 16.0.1.1)
• f5 big-ip global traffic manager (>= 13.1.0 < 13.1.3.6)
• f5 big-ip global traffic manager (>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.3.1)
• f5 big-ip global traffic manager (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.2)
• f5 big-ip global traffic manager (>= 16.0.0 < 16.0.1.1)
• f5 big-ip link controller (>= 13.1.0 < 13.1.3.6)
• f5 big-ip link controller (>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.3.1)
• f5 big-ip link controller (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.2)
• f5 big-ip link controller (>= 16.0.0 < 16.0.1.1)
• f5 big-ip local traffic manager (>= 13.1.0 < 13.1.3.6)
• f5 big-ip local traffic manager (>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.3.1)
• f5 big-ip local traffic manager (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.2)
• f5 big-ip local traffic manager (>= 16.0.0 < 16.0.1.1)
• f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager (>= 13.1.0 < 13.1.3.6)
• f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager (>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.3.1)
• f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.2)
• f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager (>= 16.0.0 < 16.0.1.1)
• f5 big-ip ssl orchestrator (>= 13.1.0 < 13.1.3.6)
• f5 big-ip ssl orchestrator (>= 14.1.0 < 14.1.3.1)
• f5 big-ip ssl orchestrator (>= 15.1.0 < 15.1.2)
• f5 big-ip ssl orchestrator (>= 16.0.0 < 16.0.1.1)
• f5 big-iq centralized management (>= 6.0.0 <= 6.1.0)
• f5 big-iq centralized management (>= 7.0.0 <= 7.1.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness
References
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K68652018 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K68652018 Vendor Advisory