CVE-2022-1388

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-05-10. Federal remediation due 2022-05-31.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

99.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 100.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-05-05 16:18Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:15Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2022-04-19

Assigning CNA

f5

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical FunctionBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a554c3d3a4ab91372ab00f5248837d72c19c6313d438bb9fa37aa6e3d9a70dbd

• support.f5.comhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K23605346
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167007/F5-BIG-IP-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167118/F5-BIG-IP-16.0.x-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167150/F5-BIG-IP-iControl-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• www.secpod.comhttps://www.secpod.com/blog/critical-f5-big-ip-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-patch-now/
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-1388government-resource