CVE-2026-94127: BIG-IP APM OAuth vulnerability
Noroxi assessment
Priority: This week (action score 75/100)
- CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Sep 22, 2026). Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Sep 25, 2026.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 26.5% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 98% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
- 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 · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS
When a BIG-IP APM access policy and an OAuth profile are configured on a virtual server, specific malicious traffic can lead to remote code execution (RCE). This vulnerability is only present when BIG-IP APM is configured as an OAuth Authorization Server. Deployments using APM strictly as an OAuth Client / Resource Server (without OAuth authorization server profiles configured) are not affected by this vulnerability. Impact: This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform remote code execution. The BIG-IP system in Appliance mode is also vulnerable. This is a data plane issue; there is no control plane exposure. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
- Published
- Sep 22, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 23, 2026
- EPSS
- 26.5% · 98th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-122
Report tools
Action score
75
Don’t wait for the next maintenance window.
- CVSS
- 37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 30 / 30 · Listed
- EPSS
- 8 / 30 · 26.5%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- active
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · f5
- 9.8
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Actively exploited in the wild
CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Sep 22, 2026. That signals real attacks, not theory.
Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Sep 25, 2026.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| f5 | big-ip access policy manager | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager |
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
- 21.1.0 and later · before Hotfix-BIGIP-21.1.0.2.0.30.22-ENGaffected
- 17.5.0 and later · before Hotfix-BIGIP-17.5.1.9.0.160.12-ENGaffected
- 17.1.0 and later · before Hotfix-BIGIP-17.1.3.5.0.41.14-ENGaffected
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 manager17.0.0 and later · up to 17.1.3 inclusive
- f5 big-ip access policy manager17.5.0 and later · up to 17.5.1 inclusive
- f5 big-ip access policy manager21.1.0
Same product
f5: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2022-1388On 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…KEV99Now
- CVE-2021-22986On 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…KEV99Now
- CVE-2020-5902In BIG-IP versions 15.0.0-15.1.0.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2.5, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, the Traffic Management User…KEV99Now
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-42930May 13, 2026 · Appliance mode iControl REST vulnerability34Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-42937May 13, 2026 · iControl REST and tmsh vulnerability28Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-63020Sep 2, 2026 · BIG-IP Configuration utility vulnerability9Monitor
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
- Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×2
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:0 | 2026-09-23 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:15 | 2026-09-24 |
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.
- CISA KEVsame day
- Published
- First PoC+1 d
- TodayNov 14, 2026+53 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- F5finder
Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer OverflowCVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log (0)
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.