CVE-2026-66842
BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Configuration utility vulnerability
HIGH 8.7
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.47 % · percentile 40 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- f5
- NVD status
- Undergoing Analysis
Description
BIG-IP has a vulnerability where an authenticated user of any role may be able to create administrative user accounts through an undisclosed request to Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI). Impact: This vulnerability may allow an authenticated attacker with network access to the BIG-IP management interface to escalate privileges by creating administrative accounts on the BIG-IP system. There is no data plane exposure; this is a control plane issue only. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | f5 |
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH 8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | f5 |
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH 8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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:X | NVD · f5sirt@f5.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · f5sirt@f5.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-70136
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-66842
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1111 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits F5 · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| F5 · BIG-IP | affected 21.1.0 < 21.1.0.1 ; affected 21.0.0 < 21.0.0.3 ; affected 17.5.0 < 17.5.1.8 ; affected 17.1.0 < 17.1.3.4 |
| F5 · BIG-IQ | affected 8.4.0 < 8.4.2.1 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |