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Medium [CVE-2021-22984] On BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM version 15.1.x before 15.1.0.2, 15.0.x before 15.0.1.4, 14.1.x before 14.1.2.5, 13.1.x before…

This medium-severity F5 advisory covers CVE-2021-22984 affecting BIG-IP, Advanced WAF, ASM.

CVE-2021-22984 Published Feb 12, 2021Updated by vendor Jun 17, 2026
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Summary

On BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM version 15.1.x before 15.1.0.2, 15.0.x before 15.0.1.4, 14.1.x before 14.1.2.5, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.4, 12.1.x before 12.1.5.2, and 11.6.x before 11.6.5.2, when receiving a unauthenticated client request with a maliciously crafted URI, a BIG-IP Advanced WAF or ASM virtual server configured with a DoS profile with Proactive Bot Defense (versions prior to 14.1.0), or a Bot Defense profile (versions 14.1.0 and later), may subject clients and web servers to Open Redirection attacks.

Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.

Affected versions
  • 15.1.x
  • 15.0.x
  • 14.1.x
  • 13.1.x
  • 12.1.x
  • 11.6.x

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Fixed versions
  • 15.1.0.2
  • 15.0.1.4
  • 14.1.2.5
  • 13.1.3.4
  • 12.1.5.2
  • 11.6.5.2
  • 14.1.0

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Mitigation

Upgrade to a fixed release: 15.1.0.2, 15.0.1.4, 14.1.2.5, 13.1.3.4, 12.1.5.2, 11.6.5.2. That is the remediation for this advisory.

The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

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