F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management
YES - ON THE CISA KEV LIST
CVE-2021-22986
F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
overdue since 2021-11-17
F5: 8 entries (0.4% of all KEV entries are from this vendor); 2 added in 2026.
BOD 26-04 note: this is the date printed in the CISA catalog. A federal agency's actual deadline is set by its SSVC tier - Act (3 days), Attend (14 days), Track (60 days), or the next scheduled upgrade - counted from the KEV listing date or the date the vulnerability is identified in its environment, whichever comes first. Use the tier helper on each CVE page for your own window.
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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.
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22986
References
Other KEV entries for this vendor: F5
- CVE-2026-94127 - BIG-IP APM (2026-09-22)
- CVE-2025-53521 - BIG-IP (2026-03-27)
- CVE-2023-46748 - BIG-IP Configuration Utility (2023-10-31)
- CVE-2023-46747 - BIG-IP Configuration Utility (2023-10-31)
- CVE-2022-1388 - BIG-IP (2022-05-10)
- CVE-2021-22991 - BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel (2022-01-18)
- CVE-2020-5902 - BIG-IP (2021-11-03)
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