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Medium [CVE-2022-23023] On BIG-IP version 16.1.x before 16.1.2.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.5, 14.1.x before 14.1.4.5, and all versions of 13.1.x and 12.1.x…

This medium-severity F5 advisory covers CVE-2022-23023 affecting BIG-IP, BIG-IQ.

CVE-2022-23023 Published Jan 25, 2022Updated by vendor Jun 17, 2026
Affected products & platforms
F5BIG-IPBIG-IQ
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Summary

On BIG-IP version 16.1.x before 16.1.2.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.5, 14.1.x before 14.1.4.5, and all versions of 13.1.x and 12.1.x, and BIG-IQ all versions of 8.x and 7.x, undisclosed requests by an authenticated iControl REST user can cause an increase in memory resource utilization.

Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Affected versions
  • 16.1.x
  • 15.1.x
  • 14.1.x
  • all versions

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

Fixed versions
  • 16.1.2.1
  • 15.1.5
  • 14.1.4.5

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

Mitigation

Upgrade to a fixed release: 16.1.2.1, 15.1.5, 14.1.4.5. 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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