Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-23029

Medium

Published: 25 January 2022

Published
25 January 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0051 67.0th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-23029 is a medium-severity Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CWE-367) vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 33.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

On BIG-IP version 16.x before 16.1.0, 15.1.x before 15.1.4.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4.4, and all versions of 13.1.x, 12.1.x, and 11.6.x, when a FastL4 profile is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed traffic can cause an increase in memory resource utilization.…

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Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

CWE(s)
CWE-367

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 — 13.1.4
f5
big-ip advanced firewall manager
11.6.1 — 11.6.5 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.6 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.4
f5
big-ip advanced web application firewall
11.6.1 — 11.6.5 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.6 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.4
f5
big-ip analytics
11.6.1 — 11.6.5 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.6 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.4
f5
big-ip application acceleration manager
11.6.1 — 11.6.5 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.6 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.4
f5
big-ip application security manager
11.6.1 — 11.6.5 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.6 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.4
f5
big-ip ddos hybrid defender
11.6.1 — 11.6.5 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.6 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.4
f5
big-ip domain name system
11.6.1 — 11.6.5 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.6 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.4
f5
big-ip fraud protection service
11.6.1 — 11.6.5 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.6 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.4
f5
big-ip global traffic manager
11.6.1 — 11.6.5 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.6 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.4
+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.

AU-8 Time Stamps
addresses: CWE-367

Timestamps meeting UTC or offset standards help identify TOCTOU issues through precise chronological reconstruction of check/use operations.

References