CVE-2022-23023

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-01-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-400

Description

On BIG-IP version 16.1.x before 16.1.2.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.5, 14.1.x before 14.1.4.5, and all versions of 13.1.x and 12.1.x, and BIG-IQ all versions of 8.x and 7.x, undisclosed requests by an authenticated iControl REST user can cause an increase in memory resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP APM: from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.4; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.4; from 15.1.0 through 15.1.4; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.2
BIG-IP: from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.4; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.4; from 15.1.0 through 15.1.4; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.2
F5 Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall: from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.4; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.4; from 15.1.0 through 15.1.4; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.2
F5 Big-Ip Analytics: from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.4; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.4; from 15.1.0 through 15.1.4; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.2
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.4; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.4; from 15.1.0 through 15.1.4; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.2
BIG-IP ASM: from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.4; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.4; from 15.1.0 through 15.1.4; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.2
F5 Big-Ip Ddos Hybrid Defender: from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.4; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.4; from 15.1.0 through 15.1.4; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.2
F5 BIG-IP DNS: from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.4; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.4; from 15.1.0 through 15.1.4; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.2
F5 Big-Ip Fraud Protection Service: from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.4; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.4; from 15.1.0 through 15.1.4; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.2
F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.4; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.4; from 15.1.0 through 15.1.4; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.2
F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.4; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.4; from 15.1.0 through 15.1.4; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.2
F5 BIG-IP (LTM): from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.4; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.4; from 15.1.0 through 15.1.4; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.2
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.4; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.4; from 15.1.0 through 15.1.4; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.2
F5 Big-Ip Ssl Orchestrator: from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.4; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.4; from 15.1.0 through 15.1.4; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.2
F5 BIG-IQ: from 7.0.0 through 7.1.0; from 8.0.0 through 8.1.0

References

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