CVE-2022-28706

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% 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-754

Description

On F5 BIG-IP 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2 and 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1, when the DNS resolver configuration is used, undisclosed requests can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP APM: 15.1.0, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.3, 15.1.4, 15.1.5 (+3)
BIG-IP: 15.1.0, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.3, 15.1.4, 15.1.5 (+3)
F5 Big-Ip Analytics: 15.1.0, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.3, 15.1.4, 15.1.5 (+3)
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): 15.1.0, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.3, 15.1.4, 15.1.5 (+3)
BIG-IP ASM: 15.1.0, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.3, 15.1.4, 15.1.5 (+3)
F5 BIG-IP DNS: 15.1.0, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.3, 15.1.4, 15.1.5 (+3)
F5 Big-Ip Fraud Protection Service: 15.1.0, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.3, 15.1.4, 15.1.5 (+3)
F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: 15.1.0, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.3, 15.1.4, 15.1.5 (+3)
F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: 15.1.0, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.3, 15.1.4, 15.1.5 (+3)
F5 BIG-IP (LTM): 15.1.0, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.3, 15.1.4, 15.1.5 (+3)
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): 15.1.0, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.3, 15.1.4, 15.1.5 (+3)

References

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