CVE-2022-34851 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ iControl SOAP vulnerability CVE-2022-34851

Medium 4.3 Published 4 Aug 2022 Updated 17 Sep 2024

An authenticated attacker can cause the iControl SOAP service to become unavailable, disrupting management operations 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-2022-34851?

CVE-2022-34851 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 4 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In BIG-IP Versions 17.0.x before 17.0.0.1, 16.1.x before 16.1.3.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.6.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.5.1, and all versions of 13.1.x, and BIG-IQ Centralized Management all versions of 8.x, an authenticated attacker may cause iControl SOAP to become unavailable through undisclosed requests. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34851?

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-2022-34851?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-34851 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-34851 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34851 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-83q3-cq5v-866c.