CVE-2022-41770 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ iControl REST vulnerability CVE-2022-41770

Medium 6.5 Published 19 Oct 2022 Updated 8 May 2025

An authenticated user can cause excessive memory utilization in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ, leading to a denial of service.

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-2022-41770?

CVE-2022-41770 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 19 Oct 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 15.1.7, 14.1.x before 14.1.5.1, and all versions of 13.1.x, and BIG-IQ all versions of 8.x and 7.x, an authenticated iControl REST user can cause an increase in memory resource utilization, via undisclosed requests.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41770?

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-2022-41770?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-41770 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-2022-41770 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41770 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h6rh-598h-xcw9.