CVE-2021-23026 Cross-site request forgery in BIG-IP & BIG-IQ

High 8.8 Published 14 Sep 2021 Updated 3 Aug 2024

Attackers can perform unauthorized actions via CSRF in iControl SOAP, requiring upgrades to patched BIG-IP and BIG-IQ versions.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2021-23026?

CVE-2021-23026 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 14 Sep 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

BIG-IP version 16.0.x before 16.0.1.2, 15.1.x before 15.1.3, 14.1.x before 14.1.4.2, 13.1.x before 13.1.4.1, and all versions of 12.1.x and 11.6.x and all versions of BIG-IQ 8.x, 7.x, and 6.x are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks through iControl SOAP. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-23026?

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-2021-23026?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-23026 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-23026 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-23026 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xxmf-w3h3-38rf.