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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.5 High

CVE-2026-42406

BIG-IP and BIG-IQ privilege escalation vulnerability

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
f5

Description

A vulnerability exists in BIG-IP and BIG-IQ systems where a highly privileged, authenticated attacker with at least the Certificate Manager role can modify configuration objects that allow running arbitrary commands.     Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

F5 BIG-IP

Default version status: unknown

  • 21.1.0 to < *unaffected
  • 21.0.0 to < 21.0.0.2affected
  • 17.5.0 to < 17.5.1.6affected
  • 17.1.0 to < 17.1.3.2affected
  • 16.1.0 to < *affected

F5 BIG-IQ

Default version status: unaffected

  • 8.4.0 to < *affected

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