CVE-2022-26340 Information disclosure in BIG-IP

Medium 4.9 Published 5 May 2022 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Authenticated high-privileged users can access sensitive certificate and key files via SCP on F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ systems.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2022-26340?

CVE-2022-26340 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 5 May 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

On F5 BIG-IP 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.2, 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1, 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, 13.1.x versions prior to 13.1.5, and all versions of 12.1.x and 11.6.x, and F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management all versions of 8.x and 7.x, an authenticated, high-privileged attacker with no bash access may be able to access Certificate and Key files using Secure Copy (SCP) protocol from a remote system. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-26340?

It affects 12 products.

Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, F5 Big-Ip Analytics, F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager, F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager, F5 Big-Ip Domain Name System and 6 more.

How do I fix CVE-2022-26340?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-26340 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-26340 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-26340 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9hm8-f2wm-wj72.