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Researchers Develop RCE Exploit for the Latest F5 BIG-IP Vulnerability
2022-05-09 22:05

Days after F5 released patches for a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting its BIG-IP family of products, security researchers are warning that they were able to create an exploit for the shortcoming.

The critical security vulnerability impacts the following versions of BIG-IP products -.

Fixes are available in versions 17.0.0, 16.1.2.2, 15.1.5.1, 14.1.4.6, and 13.1.5.

Firmware versions 11.x and 12.x will not receive security updates and users relying on those versions should consider upgrading to a newer version or apply the workarounds -.

Block iControl REST access through the self IP address.

With the F5 BIG-IP flaw found trivial to exploit, malicious hacking crews are expected to follow suit, making it imperative that affected organizations apply the patches.


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https://thehackernews.com/2022/05/researchers-develop-rce-exploit-for.html

Related vendor

VENDOR LAST 12M #/PRODUCTS LOW MEDIUM HIGH CRITICAL TOTAL VULNS
F5 143 6 276 404 64 750