# CVE-2022-41813: BIG-IP PEM and AFM TMUI, TMSH and iControl vulnerability CVE-2022-41813

> Attackers can cause a denial of service by triggering a TMM crash when the PEM or AFM module is provisioned.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Oct 2022
- **Updated:** 8 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3vw7-gqq2-ffcx

## What is CVE-2022-41813?

CVE-2022-41813 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall 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 versions 16.1.x before 16.1.3.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.6.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.5, and all versions of 13.1.x, when BIG-IP is provisioned with PEM or AFM module, an undisclosed input can cause Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41813?

It affects 2 products.


Products: F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, F5 Big-Ip Policy Enforcement Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-41813?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-41813 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-41813 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41813 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager

- [CVE-2021-23040](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23040/): SQL injection in BIG-IP AFM (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-59478](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59478/): BIG-IP AFM DoS protection profile vulnerability (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2025-24312](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24312/): BIG-IP AFM vulnerability (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2019-6636](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6636/): Cross-site scripting in BIG-IP (AFM, ASM) (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2024-21763](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21763/): BIG-IP AFM vulnerability (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-41813 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-41813 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, published on 19 Oct 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41813 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41813/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41813/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-41813
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41813
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41813

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41813/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.