CVE-2022-27634 Privilege escalation in BIG-IP APM
An authenticated high-privilege attacker can manipulate APM policies to achieve privilege escalation or remote code execution on F5 BIG-IP APM.
- 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-2022-27634?
CVE-2022-27634 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 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.2 and 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1, BIG-IP APM does not properly validate configurations, allowing an authenticated attacker with high privileges to manipulate the APM policy leading to privilege escalation/remote code execution. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-27634?
It affects 1 product.
Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2022-27634?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-27634 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-27634 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27634 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
- CVE-2023-46747 F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP Missing Authentication
- CVE-2021-22986 F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-22991 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2020-5902 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ch3h-jf75-4fv8.