Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-23035

High

Published: 14 September 2021

Published
14 September 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0086 75.5th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-23035 is a high-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 24.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

On BIG-IP 14.1.x before 14.1.4.4, when an HTTP profile is configured on a virtual server, after a specific sequence of packets, chunked responses can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of…

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Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

f5
big-ip access policy manager
14.1.0 — 14.1.4.4
f5
big-ip advanced firewall manager
14.1.0 — 14.1.4.4
f5
big-ip analytics
14.1.0 — 14.1.4.4
f5
big-ip application acceleration manager
14.1.0 — 14.1.4.4
f5
big-ip application security manager
14.1.0 — 14.1.4.4
f5
big-ip domain name system
14.1.0 — 14.1.4.4
f5
big-ip fraud protection service
14.1.0 — 14.1.4.4
f5
big-ip global traffic manager
14.1.0 — 14.1.4.4
f5
big-ip link controller
14.1.0 — 14.1.4.4
f5
big-ip local traffic manager
14.1.0 — 14.1.4.4
+1 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.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.

addresses: CWE-20

Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.

addresses: CWE-20

Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.

References