Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2021-22997 (CCN-199215)

Assigned:2021-03-10
Published:2021-03-10
Updated:2022-07-12
Summary:On all 7.x and 6.x versions (fixed in 8.0.0), BIG-IQ HA ElasticSearch service does not implement any form of authentication for the clustering transport services, and all data used by ElasticSearch for transport is unencrypted.
Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
6.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
8.6 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H)
7.5 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
9.0 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-306
Vulnerability Consequences:Obtain Information
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2021-22997

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
f5-cve202122997-info-disc(199215)

Source: CCN
Type: F5 Security Advisory K34074377
BIG-IQ HA vulnerability CVE-2021-22997

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K34074377

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:f5:big-iq_centralized_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 6.0.0 and < 8.0.0)

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:f5:big-iq_centralized_management:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:f5:big-iq_centralized_management:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:f5:big-iq_centralized_management:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:f5:big-iq_centralized_management:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    f5 big-iq centralized management *
    f5 big-iq centralized management 6.0.0
    f5 big-iq centralized management 6.1.0
    f5 big-iq centralized management 7.0.0
    f5 big-iq centralized management 7.1.0