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Medium [CVE-2022-27181] On F5 BIG-IP APM 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-2022-27181 affecting BIG-IP, APM.

CVE-2022-27181 Published May 5, 2022Updated by vendor Jun 17, 2026
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Summary

On F5 BIG-IP APM 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, when APM is configured on a virtual server and the associated access profile is configured with APM AAA NTLM Auth, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in internal resource utilization.

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

Affected versions
  • all versions

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

Fixed versions
  • 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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