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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2021-22986: F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2021-22986 affects F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management and is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, meaning exploitation has been observed in the wild. Added 2021-11-03.

Sep 17, 20263 min read
Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2020-5902: F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2020-5902 affects F5 BIG-IP and is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, meaning exploitation has been observed in the wild. Added 2021-11-03.

Sep 17, 20263 min read
Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2021-22991: F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel Buffer Overflow

CVE-2021-22991 affects F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel and is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, meaning exploitation has been observed in the wild. Added 2022-01-18.

Sep 17, 20263 min read
Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2022-1388: F5 BIG-IP Missing Authentication Vulnerability

CVE-2022-1388 affects F5 BIG-IP and is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, meaning exploitation has been observed in the wild. Added 2022-05-10.

Sep 17, 20263 min read
Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2023-46747: F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

CVE-2023-46747 affects F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility and is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, meaning exploitation has been observed in the wild. Added 2023-10-31.

Sep 17, 20263 min read
Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2023-46748: F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility SQL Injection Vulnerability

CVE-2023-46748 affects F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility and is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, meaning exploitation has been observed in the wild. Added 2023-10-31.

Sep 17, 20263 min read
Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-53521: F5 BIG-IP Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

CVE-2025-53521 affects F5 BIG-IP and is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, meaning exploitation has been observed in the wild. Added 2026-03-27.

Sep 17, 20263 min read
Vulnerability Analysis

F5, Check Point, Versa, and Arista: Four Vendors, One Edge Infrastructure Problem

A BIG-IP APM buffer overflow, a ransomware-linked Check Point VPN authentication bypass, a Versa Concerto proxy misconfiguration, and an Arista EOS tunnel decapsulation flaw all failed at the same job: enforcing a boundary.

Sep 16, 20265 min read
Vulnerability Analysis

F5 BIG-IP CVE-2022-1388 Explained: The iControl REST Authentication Bypass

CVE-2022-1388 is an authentication bypass in the F5 BIG-IP iControl REST interface that leads to unauthenticated remote code execution, rated CVSS 9.8. Here is the timeline, root cause, and patched versions.

Jul 6, 20266 min read
Vulnerability Response

CVE-2025-53521 in F5 BIG-IP APM: Patch Posture & SBOM Response

F5 BIG-IP APM bug reclassified from DoS to RCE at CVSS 9.8 and landed on CISA KEV. Defender playbook for the late-cycle severity surprise.

Mar 29, 20267 min read
Vulnerability Analysis

F5 BIG-IP CVE-2023-46747: Authentication Bypass Puts Network Infrastructure at Risk

A critical authentication bypass in F5 BIG-IP allowed unauthenticated attackers to gain administrative access. The vulnerability affected the management interface of devices protecting enterprise networks.

Feb 6, 20265 min read

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