CVE-2022-1388

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 1.000 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 66 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

100.0% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

132 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu

added 2022-05-10remediate by 2022-05-31

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-24

F5 BIG-IP Missing Authentication Vulnerability

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 12.1.x and 11.6.x versions, undisclosed requests may bypass iControl REST authentication. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

cvss

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

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · 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:Hsecondary · f5sirt@f5.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

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-306USprimaryCWE-306US

ATT&CK techniques

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

T1548Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism — This CVE is an authentication bypass vulnerability. Unauthenticated users with network access can execute arbitrary commands.exploitation

exploits (66)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/linux/http/f5_icontrol_rceF5 BIG-IP iControl RCE via REST Authentication Bypassweaponized · metasploit
EDB-50932F5 BIG-IP 16.0.x - Remote Code Execution (RCE)PoC · exploit_db
0x7eTeam/CVE-2022-1388-PocExpCVE-2022-1388-PocExp,新增了多线程,F5 BIG-IP RCE exploitationPoC · poc_in_github
0xAgun/CVE-2022-13880xAgun/CVE-2022-1388PoC · poc_in_github
0xf4n9x/CVE-2022-1388CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP iControl REST Auth Bypass RCEPoC · poc_in_github
Al1ex/CVE-2022-1388CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP iControl REST RCEPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (132)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

F5 BIG-IP≤ 11.6.x ≤11.6.5enisa_euvdEU
F5 BIG-IP≤ 12.1.x ≤12.1.6enisa_euvdEU
F5 BIG-IP13.1.x → 13.1.5enisa_euvdEU
F5 BIG-IP14.1.x → 14.1.4.6enisa_euvdEU
F5 BIG-IP15.1.x → 15.1.5.1enisa_euvdEU
F5 BIG-IP16.1.x → 16.1.2.2enisa_euvdEU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Access Policy Manager11.6.1 → 11.6.5fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Access Policy Manager12.1.0 → 12.1.6fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Access Policy Manager13.1.0 → 13.1.5fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Access Policy Manager14.1.0 → 14.1.4.6fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Access Policy Manager15.1.0 → 15.1.5.1fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Access Policy Manager16.1.0 → 16.1.2.2fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager11.6.1 → 11.6.5fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager12.1.0 → 12.1.6fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager13.1.0 → 13.1.5fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager14.1.0 → 14.1.4.6fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager15.1.0 → 15.1.5.1fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager16.1.0 → 16.1.2.2fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Analytics11.6.1 → 11.6.5fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Analytics12.1.0 → 12.1.6fstec_bduRU

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-05-05modified 2026-06-17

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references (22)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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