OS Command Injection in F5 Networks products - CVE-2021-22990
Published: March 16, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU51496
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22990
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the the Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) on systems with Advanced WAF or BIG-IP ASM provisioned. A remote privileged user with the roles Administrator, Resource Administrator, or Application Security Administrator with network access to the Configuration utility, through the BIG-IP management port or self IP addresses can send specially crafted request to the system and execute arbitrary OS commands.
Affected software
BIG-IP Advanced WAF
BIG-IP
BIG-IP ASM
BIG-IP
BIG-IP ASM
How to mitigate CVE-2021-22990
Install updates from vendor's website.
BIG-IP Advanced WAF - addressed in versions 11.6.5.3, 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.6, 14.1.4, 15.1.2.1, 16.0.1.1
BIG-IP - addressed in versions 11.6.5.3, 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.6, 14.1.4, 15.1.2.1, 16.0.1.1
BIG-IP ASM - addressed in versions 11.6.5.3, 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.6, 14.1.4, 15.1.2.1, 16.0.1.1
BIG-IP - addressed in versions 11.6.5.3, 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.6, 14.1.4, 15.1.2.1, 16.0.1.1
BIG-IP ASM - addressed in versions 11.6.5.3, 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.6, 14.1.4, 15.1.2.1, 16.0.1.1