Medium [CVE-2022-26835] On F5 BIG-IP 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.2, 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1, 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, 13.1.x…
This medium-severity F5 advisory covers CVE-2022-26835 affecting BIG-IP.
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Summary
On F5 BIG-IP 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.2, 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1, 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, 13.1.x versions prior to 13.1.5, and all versions of 12.1.x and 11.6.x, directory traversal vulnerabilities exist in undisclosed iControl REST endpoints and TMOS Shell (tmsh) commands in F5 BIG-IP Guided Configuration, which may allow an authenticated attacker with at least resource administrator role privileges to read arbitrary files.
Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
- all versions
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
- 16.1.2.2
- 15.1.5.1
- 14.1.4.6
- 13.1.5
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 16.1.2.2, 15.1.5.1, 14.1.4.6, 13.1.5. 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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