CVE-2022-41836 (GCVE-0-2022-41836)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-19 21:25 – Updated: 2025-05-07 20:51
VLAI
Title
BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM bd vulnerability CVE-2022-41836
Summary
When an 'Attack Signature False Positive Mode' enabled security policy is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the bd process to terminate.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-07 20:51 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
f5 CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 87 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF & ASM Affected: 17.0.x , < 17.0.0.1 (custom)
Affected: 16.1.x , < 16.1.3.1 (custom)
Affected: 15.1.x , < 15.1.7 (custom)
Unaffected: 14.1.0 , < 14.1.x* (custom)
Unaffected: 13.1.0 , < 13.1.x* (custom)
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Date Public
2022-10-19 00:00
Credits
This issue was discovered internally by F5.
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