CVE

CVE-2021-22986

P1⬤ KNOWN RANSOMWARE USE

F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

F5 · BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management

Date added (CISA)

2021-11-03

Remediation due

2021-11-17

Known ransomware use

Yes

Remediation priority

P1 — known ransomware use · past CISA due date

Associated with

Related to

Lazarus Group (TraderTraitor cluster) / APT38 / BlueNoroff · SPECTREcampaignCorrelated cluster2026-09-16

Description

F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management contain a remote code execution vulnerability in the iControl REST interface that allows unauthenticated attackers with network access to execute system commands, create or delete files, and disable services.

Source: NVD ↗ · CISA KEV Catalog ↗