CVE-2021-22986
F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Published
- Mar 31, 2021
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- f5
- Evidence observed
- Apr 2, 2021
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 100.0%
- Model date
- Oct 19, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
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.
Sources
modules/exploits/linux/http/f5_icontrol_rest_ssrf_rce.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- platform: Linux,Unix($.exploit_linux/http/f5_icontrol_rest_ssrf_rce.platform)
- verification: check_declared($.exploit_linux/http/f5_icontrol_rest_ssrf_rce.check)
http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-22986.yaml
Nuclei TemplatesDeclared conditions
- network: http($.protocol_keys)
- verification: word($.matchers[*].type)
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