Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-25946

High

Published: 05 May 2022

Published
05 May 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0013 32.5th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-25946 is a high-severity Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value (CWE-354) vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager. Its CVSS base score is 8.7 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 32.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

On all versions of 16.1.x, 15.1.x, 14.1.x, 13.1.x, 12.1.x, and 11.6.x of F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF, ASM, and ASM, and F5 BIG-IP Guided Configuration (GC) all versions prior to 9.0, when running in Appliance mode, an authenticated attacker with Administrator…

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role privilege may be able to bypass Appliance mode restrictions due to a missing integrity check in F5 BIG-IP Guided Configuration. Note: Software versions which have reached End of 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
13.1.0, 13.1.1, 13.1.3, 13.1.4, 13.1.5
f5
big-ip advanced web application firewall
13.1.0, 13.1.1, 13.1.3, 13.1.4, 13.1.5
f5
big-ip application security manager
13.1.0, 13.1.1, 13.1.3, 13.1.4, 13.1.5
f5
big-ip guided configuration
≤ 9.0

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-354

Proper validation of integrity check values is required for reliable tamper detection, directly reducing undetected modification risks.

addresses: CWE-354

Requires validation of integrity check values on every resolution response, directly mitigating tampered or corrupted DNS data.

addresses: CWE-354

Control mandates proper validation of integrity values (checksums) on prepared data, making flawed validation of those checks ineffective for attackers.

addresses: CWE-354

Requires use of proper integrity verification tools, reducing the chance an incorrect check value is accepted.

addresses: CWE-354

Requires proper validation of integrity mechanisms, directly mitigating flawed check-value handling.

References