CVE-2021-22986

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.999 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 17 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

99.9% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 10 · high

Is it mine?

139 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu

added 2021-11-03remediate by 2021-11-17

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EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

On BIG-IP versions 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, and 12.1.x before 12.1.5.3 amd BIG-IQ 7.1.0.x before 7.1.0.3 and 7.0.0.x before 7.0.0.2, the iControl REST interface has an unauthenticated remote command execution vulnerability. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

10.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 9.8–10

v2.010highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 10

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-918USprimaryCWE-78US

ATT&CK techniques

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

exploits (17)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/linux/http/f5_icontrol_rest_ssrf_rceF5 iControl REST Unauthenticated SSRF Token Generation RCEweaponized · metasploit
EDB-49738F5 BIG-IP 16.0.x - iControl REST Remote Code Execution (Unauthenticated)PoC · exploit_db
Al1ex/CVE-2021-22986CVE-2021-22986 & F5 BIG-IP RCEPoC · poc_in_github
DDestinys/CVE-2021-22986BIGIP F5PoC · poc_in_github
Osyanina/westone-CVE-2021-22986-scannerA vulnerability scanner that detects CVE-2021-22986 vulnerabilities.PoC · poc_in_github
S1xHcL/f5_rce_poccve-2021-22986 f5 rce 漏洞批量检测 pocPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (139)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a BIG-IP; BIG-IQ≤ BIG-IP 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, 12.1.x before 12.1.5.3enisa_euvdEU
n/a BIG-IP; BIG-IQ≤ BIG-IQ 7.1.0.x before 7.1.0.3, 7.0.0.x before 7.0.0.2enisa_euvdEU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Access Policy Manager12.1.0 → 12.1.5.3fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Access Policy Manager13.1.0 → 13.1.3.6fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Access Policy Manager14.1.0 → 14.1.4fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Access Policy Manager15.1.0 → 15.1.2.1fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Access Policy Manager16.0.0 → 16.0.1.1fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager12.1.0 → 12.1.5.3fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager13.1.0 → 13.1.3.6fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager14.1.0 → 14.1.4fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager15.1.0 → 15.1.2.1fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager16.0.0 → 16.0.1.1fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall13.1.0 → 13.1.3.6fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall14.1.0 → 14.1.4fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall15.1.0 → 15.1.2.1fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall16.0.0 → 16.0.1.1fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Analytics12.1.0 → 12.1.5.3fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Analytics13.1.0 → 13.1.3.6fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Analytics14.1.0 → 14.1.4fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Analytics15.1.0 → 15.1.2.1fstec_bduRU

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-03-31modified 2026-06-17

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references (16)

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