CVE-2022-1388
F5 BIG-IP Missing Authentication Vulnerability
- Published
- May 5, 2022
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- f5
- Evidence observed
- May 10, 2022
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
- Sep 21, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
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
Sources
65- CVE-2022-1388Exploit
CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP iControl REST Auth Bypass RCE
- CVE-2022-1388-rsExploit
CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP iControl REST Auth Bypass RCE written in Rust
- CVE-2022-1388Exploit
CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP iControl REST RCE
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