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High [CVE-2022-26890] On F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF, ASM, and APM 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.1, 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5, 14.1.x versions…

This high-severity F5 advisory covers CVE-2022-26890 affecting BIG-IP, Advanced WAF, APM.

CVE-2022-26890 Published May 5, 2022Updated by vendor Jun 17, 2026
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Summary

On F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF, ASM, and APM 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.1, 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5, 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, and 13.1.x versions prior to 13.1.5, when ASM or Advanced WAF, as well as APM, are configured on a virtual server, the ASM policy is configured with Session Awareness, and the "Use APM Username and Session ID" option is enabled, undisclosed requests can cause the bd process to terminate.

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

Affected versions
  • 16.1
  • 16.1.2.1
  • 15.1
  • 15.1.5
  • 14.1
  • 14.1.4.6
  • 13.1
  • 13.1.5

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

Fixed versions
  • 16.1.2.1
  • 15.1.5
  • 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: 16.1.2.1, 15.1.5, 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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