CVE-2019-6622

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-07-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-77

Description

On BIG-IP 14.1.0-14.1.0.5, 14.0.0-14.0.0.5, 13.0.0-13.1.1.4, 12.1.0-12.1.4.1, and 11.5.1-11.6.4, an undisclosed iControl REST worker is vulnerable to command injection by an administrator or resource administrator user. This attack is only exploitable on multi-bladed systems.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP APM: from 11.5.1 through 11.6.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.5
BIG-IP: from 11.5.1 through 11.6.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.5
F5 Big-Ip Analytics: from 11.5.1 through 11.6.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.5
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): from 11.5.1 through 11.6.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.5
BIG-IP ASM: from 11.5.1 through 11.6.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.5
F5 BIG-IP DNS: from 11.5.1 through 11.6.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 before 14.1.0.5 — fixed in 14.1.0.5
F5 Big-Ip Edge Gateway: from 11.5.1 through 11.6.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.5
F5 Big-Ip Fraud Protection Service: from 11.5.1 through 11.6.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.5
F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: from 11.5.1 through 11.6.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.5
F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: from 11.5.1 through 11.6.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.5
F5 BIG-IP (LTM): from 11.5.1 through 11.6.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.5
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): from 11.5.1 through 11.6.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.5
F5 Big-Ip Webaccelerator: from 11.5.1 through 11.6.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: F5 BIG-IP DNS 14.1.0.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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