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CVE-2022-41622: iControl SOAP vulnerability

Noroxi assessment

Priority: This week (action score 63/100)

  • A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
  • Public proof-of-concept code exists (GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 92.4% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.8% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window. Until a fix is released, restrict access to the affected component and follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In all versions,  BIG-IP and BIG-IQ are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks through iControl SOAP.   Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.1—Weaponized No fix recorded
Published
Dec 7, 2022
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
92.4% · 99th percentile

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Action score

63

This week

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window.

CVSS
35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
28 / 30 · 92.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
8.8
CNA · f5
8.8
agree

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
f5big-iq centralized management
f5big-ip advanced firewall manager
f5big-ip analytics
f5big-ip access policy manager
f5big-ip application security manager
f5big-ip domain name system
f5big-ip fraud protection service
f5big-ip global traffic manager
f5big-ip link controller
f5big-ip local traffic manager
f5big-ip policy enforcement manager
f5big-ip application acceleration manager

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • f5 big-ip access policy manager16.1.0 and later · up to 16.1.3 inclusive
  • f5 big-ip access policy manager14.1.0 and later · up to 14.1.5 inclusive
  • f5 big-ip access policy manager13.1.0 and later · up to 13.1.5 inclusive
  • f5 big-ip access policy manager15.1.0 and later · up to 15.1.8 inclusive
  • f5 big-ip access policy manager17.0.0
  • f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager13.1.0 and later · up to 13.1.5 inclusive
  • f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager15.1.0 and later · up to 15.1.8 inclusive
  • f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager16.1.0 and later · up to 16.1.3 inclusive
  • f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager14.1.0 and later · up to 14.1.5 inclusive
  • f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager17.0.0
  • f5 big-ip analytics16.1.0 and later · up to 16.1.3 inclusive
  • f5 big-ip analytics13.1.0 and later · up to 13.1.5 inclusive
  • f5 big-ip analytics15.1.0 and later · up to 15.1.8 inclusive
  • f5 big-ip analytics14.1.0 and later · up to 14.1.5 inclusive
  • f5 big-ip analytics17.0.0
  • f5 big-ip application acceleration manager14.1.0 and later · up to 14.1.5 inclusive
  • f5 big-ip application acceleration manager15.1.0 and later · up to 15.1.8 inclusive
  • f5 big-ip application acceleration manager13.1.0 and later · up to 13.1.5 inclusive
  • f5 big-ip application acceleration manager16.1.0 and later · up to 16.1.3 inclusive
  • f5 big-ip application acceleration manager17.0.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (f5). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • F5 BIG-IP

    • 17.x, 16.1.x, 15.1.x, 14.1.x, 13.1.xaffected

  • F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management

    • 8.x, 7.1.xaffected

Same product

f5: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2020-5868In BIG-IQ 6.0.0-7.0.0, a remote access vulnerability has been discovered that may allow a remote user to execute shell commands on affected
    40Plan
  • CVE-2021-23005On all 7.x and 6.x versions (fixed in 8.0.0), when using a Quorum device for BIG-IQ high availability (HA) for automatic failover, BIG-IQ do
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2020-5869In BIG-IQ 5.2.0-7.0.0, high availability (HA) synchronization is not secure by TLS and may allow on-path attackers to read / modify confiden
    36Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-23024Jun 10, 2021 · On version 8.0.x before 8.0.0.1, and all 6.x and 7.x versions, the BIG-IQ Configuration utility has an authenticated remote command executio
    30Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-23009Jan 25, 2022 · On BIG-IQ Centralized Management 8.x before 8.1.0, an authenticated administrative role user on a BIG-IQ managed BIG-IP device can access ot
    28Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-29240May 3, 2023 · BIG-IQ iControl REST Vulnerability
    21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Metasploit moduleexploit/linux/http/f5_icontrol_soap_csrf_rce_cve_2022_41622F5 BIG-IP iControl CSRF File Write SOAP APIexploit2022-11-16
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:222022-08-03

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. First PoC-126 d
  2. Metasploit-21 d
  3. Published
  4. TodayNov 3, 2026+1427 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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  • F5 acknowledges Ron BowesRapid7 for bringing this issue to our attention and following the highest standards of coordinated disclosure.finder

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-352 · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

State-changing requests rely on the session cookie the browser sends automatically; nothing verifies that the request came from the user’s own page.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-352 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
app.use(session({ cookie: { httpOnly: true } }));app.post("/account/address", updateAddress);

Fixed

ts
app.use(session({ cookie: { httpOnly: true, sameSite: "lax" } }));app.post("/account/address", csrfProtection, updateAddress);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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