CVE-2022-41694 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ mcpd vulnerability CVE-2022-41694

Medium 4.9 Published 19 Oct 2022 Updated 8 May 2025

An attacker can cause the MCPD process to terminate by importing a specially crafted SSL key, leading to a denial of service 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-2022-41694?

CVE-2022-41694 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 19 Oct 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In BIG-IP versions 16.1.x before 16.1.3, 15.1.x before 15.1.6.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.5, and all versions of 13.1.x, and BIG-IQ versions 8.x before 8.2.0.1 and all versions of 7.x, when an SSL key is imported on a BIG-IP or BIG-IQ system, undisclosed input can cause MCPD to terminate.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41694?

It affects 11 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 5 more.

How do I fix CVE-2022-41694?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-41694 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-2022-41694 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41694 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pvwc-79jh-rc76.