CVE-2021-22997 Missing authorization in BIG-IQ
Attackers can access and modify unencrypted ElasticSearch transport data in BIG-IQ HA due to missing authentication on clustering services.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-22997?
CVE-2021-22997 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management, published on 31 Mar 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
On all 7.x and 6.x versions (fixed in 8.0.0), BIG-IQ HA ElasticSearch service does not implement any form of authentication for the clustering transport services, and all data used by ElasticSearch for transport is unencrypted. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.
Weakness: CWE-306
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22997?
It affects 1 product.
Products include F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management.
How do I fix CVE-2021-22997?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-22997 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2021-22997 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22997 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v9r8-fpcm-rhvm.