Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-23025

HighRCE

Published: 14 September 2021

Published
14 September 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0112 78.6th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-23025 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 21.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

On version 15.1.x before 15.1.0.5, 14.1.x before 14.1.3.1, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.5, and all versions of 12.1.x and 11.6.x, an authenticated remote command execution vulnerability exists in the BIG-IP Configuration utility. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support…

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(EoTS) are not evaluated.

CWE(s)
CWE-78

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

f5
big-ip access policy manager
11.6.1 — 11.6.5 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.6 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.3.5
f5
big-ip advanced firewall manager
11.6.1 — 11.6.5 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.6 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.3.5
f5
big-ip advanced web application firewall
11.6.1 — 11.6.5 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.6 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.3.5
f5
big-ip analytics
11.6.1 — 11.6.5 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.6 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.3.5
f5
big-ip application acceleration manager
11.6.1 — 11.6.5 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.6 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.3.5
f5
big-ip application security manager
11.6.1 — 11.6.5 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.6 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.3.5
f5
big-ip ddos hybrid defender
11.6.1 — 11.6.5 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.6 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.3.5
f5
big-ip domain name system
11.6.1 — 11.6.5 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.6 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.3.5
f5
big-ip fraud protection service
11.6.1 — 11.6.5 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.6 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.3.5
f5
big-ip global traffic manager
11.6.1 — 11.6.5 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.6 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.3.5
+4 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

References