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Critical
CVE-2022-1388
PUBLISHEDOn F5 BIG-IP 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.2, 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1, 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, 13.1.x versions prior to...
- Vendor
- F5
- Product
- BIG-IP
- Published
- May 05, 2022
- EPSS
- 94.5% · 100% pctl
Description
On F5 BIG-IP 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.2, 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1, 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, 13.1.x versions prior to 13.1.5, and all 12.1.x and 11.6.x versions, undisclosed requests may bypass iControl REST authentication. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
CVSS scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
SSVC decision points
- Exploitation
- active
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- total
References
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K23605346
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167007/F5-BIG-IP-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167118/F5-BIG-IP-16.0.x-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167150/F5-BIG-IP-iControl-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.secpod.com/blog/critical-f5-big-ip-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-patch-now/
Known exploited vulnerability sources
Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.
| Source | Added |
|---|---|
| CISA | May 10, 2022 |
| Tenable Blog | Jun 02, 2026 |
Scanner integrations
| Scanner | Reference | Detected |
|---|---|---|
| Metasploit | https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/f5_icontrol_rce.rb | Apr 28, 2025 |
| Nuclei | https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-1388.yaml | Apr 25, 2025 |
Recent mentions
Tenable Blog · May 27, 2026
Tenable Research has developed a graph-based model linking 600+ threat groups to real-world customer exposures. It reveals which vulnerabilities sit at the intersection of severity, active exploitation, and organizational risk.Key takeawaysThe "patch everything" strategy is dead: Vulnerability prioritization based on exploitation risk offers a path forward. A directed graph model linking 600+ threat actors to vulnerabilities in 7,800 customer environments reveals that 68% of organizations carry at least one CVE previously exploited by a named adversary, and 321 tracked threat groups can reach at least one customer environment through an active vulnerability. Prevalence of "Elite Arsenal" CVEs requires immediate attention: The 242 "Elite Arsenal" CVEs — those meeting all three criteria of critical VPR (≥ 9), CISA KEV listing, and documented threat group exploitation — are nearly universally present across the studied customer base, with 241 of 242 actively detected. More than half are five or more years old, and 78% of the persistently exploited core are simultaneously weaponized by nation-state APTs, commodity malware operators, and ransomware gangs. Non-CVE exposures are universally dangerous: Non-CVE exposures, including misconfigurations, weak credentials, and end-of-life software, are present in virtually 100% of studied organizations, with 60% carrying at least one that maps to a tracked threat actor's preferred techniques. Preliminary modeling suggests these exposures may confer more breach risk than CVE-linked findings, yet no industry-standard scoring infrastructure exists to prioritize them.While the first two posts in this blog series documented the accelerating vulnerability flood and the widening remediation gap, today we answer the outstanding question: Where do these forces actually collide inside customer environments? Using a directed graph model that maps more than 600 tracked threat groups to vulnerabilities observed across 7,800 organizations,...
Potential proof of concepts
These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.
github · Created 2024-04-30 01:10:05 UTC · 5 stars
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the iControl REST API feature of F5's BIG-IP product. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
github · Created 2022-12-24 03:59:24 UTC · 7 stars
-- FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY -- Proof-of-Concept RCE for CVE-2022-1388, plus some added functionality for blue and red teams
github · Created 2022-12-21 16:11:48 UTC · 2 stars
github · Created 2022-11-30 04:06:56 UTC · 3 stars
github · Created 2022-10-25 12:29:54 UTC · 2 stars
cURL one-liner to test for CVE-2022-1388 BIG-IP iControl REST RCE
github · Created 2022-06-21 03:09:26 UTC · 0 stars
CVE-2022-1388 | F5 - Big IP Pre Auth RCE via '/mgmt/tm/util/bash' endpoint
github · Created 2022-06-20 01:58:40 UTC · 1 stars
CVE-2022-1388 | F5 - Big IP Pre Auth RCE via '/mgmt/tm/util/bash' endpoint
github · Created 2022-05-17 10:51:39 UTC · 3 stars
CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP iControl REST Auth Bypass RCE written in Rust
github · Created 2022-05-15 03:58:21 UTC · 14 stars
An Improved Proof of Concept for CVE-2022-1388 w/ an Interactive Shell
github · Created 2022-05-12 16:54:52 UTC · 13 stars
F5 BIG-IP iControl REST vulnerability RCE exploit with Java including a testing LAB
github · Created 2022-05-11 21:55:43 UTC · 0 stars
github · Created 2022-05-11 19:33:37 UTC · 2 stars
CVE-2022-1388 Scanner
github · Created 2022-05-11 17:43:44 UTC · 5 stars
github · Created 2022-05-10 15:44:50 UTC · 5 stars
CVE-2022-1388-PocExp,新增了多线程,F5 BIG-IP RCE exploitation
github · Created 2022-05-10 15:16:12 UTC · 1 stars
Test and Exploit Scripts for CVE 2022-1388 (F5 Big-IP)
github · Created 2022-05-10 05:30:11 UTC · 5 stars
github · Created 2022-05-10 04:44:05 UTC · 8 stars
Reverse Shell for CVE-2022-1388
github · Created 2022-05-10 02:57:31 UTC · 5 stars
PoC For F5 BIG-IP - bash script Exploit one Liner
github · Created 2022-05-09 15:42:55 UTC · 2 stars
CVE-2022-1388 POC exploit
github · Created 2022-05-09 14:37:04 UTC · 2 stars
CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP iControl REST身份验证绕过漏洞
github · Created 2022-05-09 14:02:34 UTC · 8 stars
F5 BIG-IP iControl REST身份验证绕过漏洞
github · Created 2022-05-09 14:01:38 UTC · 36 stars
CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP iControl REST RCE
github · Created 2022-05-09 11:30:09 UTC · 58 stars
Exploit and Check Script for CVE 2022-1388
github · Created 2022-05-09 10:46:19 UTC · 6 stars
CVE-2022-1388 F5 Big IP unauth remote code execution
github · Created 2022-05-09 10:34:38 UTC · 88 stars
F5 BIG-IP RCE exploitation (CVE-2022-1388)
github · Created 2022-05-09 10:22:31 UTC · 85 stars
CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP iControl REST Auth Bypass RCE
github · Created 2022-05-09 07:39:55 UTC · 58 stars
PoC for CVE-2022-1388_F5_BIG-IP
github · Created 2022-05-08 09:28:19 UTC · 7 stars
github · Created 2022-05-07 17:54:08 UTC · 93 stars
CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP RCE 批量检测
github · Created 2022-05-06 06:22:47 UTC · 24 stars
This vulnerability may allow an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the BIG-IP system through the management port and/or self IP addresses to execute arbitrary system commands, create or delete files, or disable services. There is no data plane exposure; this is a control plane issue only.
github · Created 2022-05-05 15:25:53 UTC · 25 stars
Simple script realizado en bash, para revisión de múltiples hosts para CVE-2022-1388 (F5)
github · Created 2022-05-05 10:35:35 UTC · 53 stars
K23605346: BIG-IP iControl REST vulnerability CVE-2022-1388
Timeline
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CVE Published to Public
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Exploit Used in Malware
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Detected by Metasploit
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