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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2021-22998 json

On BIG-IP versions 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, 12.1.x before 12.1.5.3, an…

published 2021-03-31 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-10116

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

On BIG-IP versions 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, 12.1.x before 12.1.5.3, and 11.6.x before 11.6.5.3, SYN flood protection thresholds are not enforced in secure network address translation (SNAT) listeners. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.

Patch / fix

  • f5 big-ip_access_policy_manager 11.6.5.3, 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.6, 14.1.4, 15.1.2.1, 16.0.1.1
  • f5 big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager 11.6.5.3, 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.6, 14.1.4, 15.1.2.1, 16.0.1.1
  • f5 big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall 11.6.5.3, 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.6, 14.1.4, 15.1.2.1, 16.0.1.1
  • f5 big-ip_analytics 11.6.5.3, 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.6, 14.1.4, 15.1.2.1, 16.0.1.1
  • f5 big-ip_application_acceleration_manager 11.6.5.3, 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.6, 14.1.4, 15.1.2.1, 16.0.1.1
  • f5 big-ip_application_security_manager 11.6.5.3, 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.6, 14.1.4, 15.1.2.1, 16.0.1.1
  • f5 big-ip_ddos_hybrid_defender 11.6.5.3, 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.6, 14.1.4, 15.1.2.1, 16.0.1.1
  • f5 big-ip_domain_name_system 11.6.5.3, 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.6, 14.1.4, 15.1.2.1, 16.0.1.1
  • f5 big-ip_fraud_protection_service 11.6.5.3, 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.6, 14.1.4, 15.1.2.1, 16.0.1.1
  • f5 big-ip_global_traffic_manager 11.6.5.3, 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.6, 14.1.4, 15.1.2.1, 16.0.1.1
  • f5 big-ip_link_controller 11.6.5.3, 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.6, 14.1.4, 15.1.2.1, 16.0.1.1
  • f5 big-ip_local_traffic_manager 11.6.5.3, 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.6, 14.1.4, 15.1.2.1, 16.0.1.1
  • f5 big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager 11.6.5.3, 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.6, 14.1.4, 15.1.2.1, 16.0.1.1
  • f5 ssl_orchestrator 11.6.5.3, 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.6, 14.1.4, 15.1.2.1, 16.0.1.1

Exploit prediction

0.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a BIG-IP

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.