F5 security advisory

Number: AV21-194
Date: 30 April 2021

On 28 April 2021 F5 published a Security Advisory to address a vulnerability in the following products:

  • BIG-IP Branch 13 – versions 13.1.0.8 to 13.1.3
  • BIG-IP Branch 14 – versions 14.1.0 to 14.1.4
  • BIG-IP Branch 15 – versions 15.1.0 to 15.1.2
  • BIG-IP Branch 16 – versions 16.0.0 to 16.0.1

Exploitation of this vulnerability could result in unauthorized access and remote command execution.

The Cyber Centre encourages users and administrators to review the provided web link and apply the necessary updates.

Appliance Mode authenticated iControl REST vulnerability CVE-2021-23015 (K74151369)
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K74151369

Note to Readers

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