CVE-2026-24464
F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager 16.1.0 – 16.1.6
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XSummary
CVE-2026-24464 is a medium-severity Path Traversal: '.../...//' (CWE-35) vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data from Local System (T1005); ranked in the top 44% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-29958
Vulnerability Data
When running in Appliance mode, a directory traversal vulnerability exists in an undisclosed iControl REST endpoint that may allow an authenticated attacker with administrator role privileges to cross a security boundary and delete files. Note: Software versions which have reached…
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End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Input validation directly neutralizes path sequences so the traversal cannot be introduced or exploited.
Enforces access authorizations on the resulting pathname, blocking traversal attempts from succeeding.
Enforces information flow rules that stop unauthorized directory escapes via crafted paths.
Least privilege reduces the impact of any successful traversal by limiting accessible resources.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and path sanitization that neutralize traversal sequences.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing in development can detect path-traversal flaws before release.
Secure SDLC mandates input validation and path-handling controls that directly mitigate path traversal.
Application security requirements include rules for safe file-path construction and canonicalization.
Secure architecture principles require proper directory restrictions and input sanitization to prevent traversal.
Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe path concatenation and mandate canonicalization routines.
Information access restriction limits file reachability but does not address the input-validation flaw itself.