CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-40631
8.5 HIGH
Official page ↗
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-05-13
- Last modified
- 2026-10-26
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 8.5 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.7 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-552
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• f5 big-ip access policy manager (>= 17.1.0 <= 17.1.3)
• f5 big-ip access policy manager (>= 17.5.0 <= 17.5.1)
• f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager (>= 17.1.0 <= 17.1.3)
• f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager (>= 17.5.0 <= 17.5.1)
• f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall (>= 17.1.0 <= 17.1.3)
• f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall (>= 17.5.0 <= 17.5.1)
• f5 big-ip analytics (>= 17.1.0 <= 17.1.3)
• f5 big-ip analytics (>= 17.5.0 <= 17.5.1)
• f5 big-ip application acceleration manager (>= 17.1.0 <= 17.1.3)
• f5 big-ip application acceleration manager (>= 17.5.0 <= 17.5.1)
• f5 big-ip application security manager (>= 17.1.0 <= 17.1.3)
• f5 big-ip application security manager (>= 17.5.0 <= 17.5.1)
• f5 big-ip application visibility and reporting (>= 17.1.0 <= 17.1.3)
• f5 big-ip application visibility and reporting (>= 17.5.0 <= 17.5.1)
• f5 big-ip automation toolchain (>= 17.1.0 <= 17.1.3)
• f5 big-ip automation toolchain (>= 17.5.0 <= 17.5.1)
• f5 big-ip carrier-grade nat (>= 17.1.0 <= 17.1.3)
• f5 big-ip carrier-grade nat (>= 17.5.0 <= 17.5.1)
• f5 big-ip container ingress services (>= 17.1.0 <= 17.1.3)
• f5 big-ip container ingress services (>= 17.5.0 <= 17.5.1)
• f5 big-ip ddos hybrid defender (>= 17.1.0 <= 17.1.3)
• f5 big-ip ddos hybrid defender (>= 17.5.0 <= 17.5.1)
• f5 big-ip domain name system (>= 17.1.0 <= 17.1.3)
• f5 big-ip domain name system (>= 17.5.0 <= 17.5.1)
• f5 big-ip edge gateway (>= 17.1.0 <= 17.1.3)
• f5 big-ip edge gateway (>= 17.5.0 <= 17.5.1)
• f5 big-ip fraud protection service (>= 17.1.0 <= 17.1.3)
• f5 big-ip fraud protection service (>= 17.5.0 <= 17.5.1)
• f5 big-ip global traffic manager (>= 17.1.0 <= 17.1.3)
• f5 big-ip global traffic manager (>= 17.5.0 <= 17.5.1)
• f5 big-ip link controller (>= 17.1.0 <= 17.1.3)
• f5 big-ip link controller (>= 17.5.0 <= 17.5.1)
• f5 big-ip local traffic manager (>= 17.1.0 <= 17.1.3)
• f5 big-ip local traffic manager (>= 17.5.0 <= 17.5.1)
• f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager (>= 17.1.0 <= 17.1.3)
• f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager (>= 17.5.0 <= 17.5.1)
• f5 big-ip ssl orchestrator (>= 17.1.0 <= 17.1.3)
• f5 big-ip ssl orchestrator (>= 17.5.0 <= 17.5.1)
• f5 big-ip webaccelerator (>= 17.1.0 <= 17.1.3)
• f5 big-ip webaccelerator (>= 17.5.0 <= 17.5.1)
• f5 big-ip websafe (>= 17.1.0 <= 17.1.3)
• f5 big-ip websafe (>= 17.5.0 <= 17.5.1)
• f5 big-ip access policy manager (>= 16.1.0 <= 16.1.6)
• f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager (>= 16.1.0 <= 16.1.6)
• f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall (>= 16.1.0 <= 16.1.6)
• f5 big-ip analytics (>= 16.1.0 <= 16.1.6)
• f5 big-ip application acceleration manager (>= 16.1.0 <= 16.1.6)
• f5 big-ip application security manager (>= 16.1.0 <= 16.1.6)
• f5 big-ip application visibility and reporting (>= 16.1.0 <= 16.1.6)
• f5 big-ip automation toolchain (>= 16.1.0 <= 16.1.6)
• f5 big-ip carrier-grade nat (>= 16.1.0 <= 16.1.6)
• f5 big-ip container ingress services (>= 16.1.0 <= 16.1.6)
• f5 big-ip ddos hybrid defender (>= 16.1.0 <= 16.1.6)
• f5 big-ip domain name system (>= 16.1.0 <= 16.1.6)
• f5 big-ip edge gateway (>= 16.1.0 <= 16.1.6)
• f5 big-ip fraud protection service (>= 16.1.0 <= 16.1.6)
• f5 big-ip global traffic manager (>= 16.1.0 <= 16.1.6)
• f5 big-ip link controller (>= 16.1.0 <= 16.1.6)
• f5 big-ip local traffic manager (>= 16.1.0 <= 16.1.6)
• f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager (>= 16.1.0 <= 16.1.6)
… and 24 more
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties weakness
References
- https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000160979 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory