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High 8.7Published May 13, 2026
CVE-2026-42930When running in Appliance mode, an authenticated attacker assigned the 'Administrator' role may be able to bypass Appliance mode restrictions on a BIG-IP system.
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When running in Appliance mode, an authenticated attacker assigned the 'Administrator' role may be able to bypass Appliance mode restrictions on a BIG-IP system. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
- CVSS
- 8.7 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-35
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Undergoing Analysis
- Record last updated
- Jun 18, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
f5 big-ip_access_policy_manager f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager | 21.0.0; from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6 | NVD |
f5 big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager | 21.0.0; from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6 | NVD |
f5 big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall | 21.0.0; from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6 | NVD |
f5 big-ip_analytics f5:big-ip_analytics | 21.0.0; from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6 | NVD |
f5 big-ip_application_acceleration_manager f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager | 21.0.0; from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6 | NVD |
f5 big-ip_application_security_manager f5:big-ip_application_security_manager | 21.0.0; from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6 | NVD |
f5 big-ip_application_visibility_and_reporting f5:big-ip_application_visibility_and_reporting | 21.0.0; from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6 | NVD |
f5 big-ip_automation_toolchain f5:big-ip_automation_toolchain | 21.0.0; from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6 | NVD |
f5 big-ip_carrier-grade_nat f5:big-ip_carrier-grade_nat | 21.0.0; from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6 | NVD |
f5 big-ip_container_ingress_services f5:big-ip_container_ingress_services | 21.0.0; from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6 | NVD |
f5 big-ip_ddos_hybrid_defender f5:big-ip_ddos_hybrid_defender | 21.0.0; from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6 | NVD |
f5 big-ip_domain_name_system f5:big-ip_domain_name_system | 21.0.0; from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6 | NVD |
f5 big-ip_edge_gateway f5:big-ip_edge_gateway | 21.0.0; from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6 | NVD |
f5 big-ip_fraud_protection_service f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service | 21.0.0; from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6 | NVD |
f5 big-ip_global_traffic_manager f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager | 21.0.0; from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6 | NVD |
f5 big-ip_link_controller f5:big-ip_link_controller | 21.0.0; from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6 | NVD |
f5 big-ip_local_traffic_manager f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager | 21.0.0; from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6 | NVD |
f5 big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager | 21.0.0; from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6 | NVD |
f5 big-ip_ssl_orchestrator f5:big-ip_ssl_orchestrator | 21.0.0; from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6 | NVD |
f5 big-ip_webaccelerator f5:big-ip_webaccelerator | 21.0.0; from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6 | NVD |
f5 big-ip_websafe f5:big-ip_websafe | 21.0.0; from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6 | NVD |
References
- https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000160876mitigation, vendor-advisory
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