CVE-2021-22974 Race condition in BIG-IP, BIG-IQ

High 7.5 Published 12 Feb 2021 Updated 3 Aug 2024

An authenticated attacker can exploit a race condition in iControl REST to execute commands with elevated privileges on F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ systems.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2021-22974?

CVE-2021-22974 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 12 Feb 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22974?

It affects 15 products.

Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, F5 Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall, F5 Big-Ip Analytics, F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager, F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager and 9 more.

How do I fix CVE-2021-22974?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-22974 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-22974 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22974 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fjm3-mp48-h3mr.