CVE-2022-27182

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 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: 2022-05-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-400

Description

On F5 BIG-IP 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.2, 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1, and 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, when BIG-IP packet filters are enabled and a virtual server is configured with the type set to Reject, undisclosed requests 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: 14.1.0, 14.1.2, 14.1.3, 14.1.4, 15.1.0, 15.1.1 (+7)
BIG-IP: 14.1.0, 14.1.2, 14.1.3, 14.1.4, 15.1.0, 15.1.1 (+7)
F5 Big-Ip Analytics: 14.1.0, 14.1.2, 14.1.3, 14.1.4, 15.1.0, 15.1.1 (+7)
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): 14.1.0, 14.1.2, 14.1.3, 14.1.4, 15.1.0, 15.1.1 (+7)
BIG-IP ASM: 14.1.0, 14.1.2, 14.1.3, 14.1.4, 15.1.0, 15.1.1 (+7)
F5 BIG-IP DNS: 14.1.0, 14.1.2, 14.1.3, 14.1.4, 15.1.0, 15.1.1 (+7)
F5 Big-Ip Fraud Protection Service: 14.1.0, 14.1.2, 14.1.3, 14.1.4, 15.1.0, 15.1.1 (+7)
F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: 14.1.0, 14.1.2, 14.1.3, 14.1.4, 15.1.0, 15.1.1 (+7)
F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: 14.1.0, 14.1.2, 14.1.3, 14.1.4, 15.1.0, 15.1.1 (+7)
F5 BIG-IP (LTM): 14.1.0, 14.1.2, 14.1.3, 14.1.4, 15.1.0, 15.1.1 (+7)
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): 14.1.0, 14.1.2, 14.1.3, 14.1.4, 15.1.0, 15.1.1 (+7)

References

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