CVE-2026-42937

iControl REST and tmsh vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 7.1 High
Published: May 13, 2026
Updated: May 13, 2026
Reserved: Apr 30, 2026

Description

Incorrect permission assignment vulnerabilities exist in BIG-IP and BIG-IQ TMOS Shell (tmsh) arp and ndp commands, and in BIG-IP iControl REST. These vulnerabilities may allow an authenticated attacker to view adjacent network information.

Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	7.1 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	f5
4.0	6.8 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	f5
3.1	6.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	f5
3.1	5.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	f5

Weaknesses

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Affected Products

Product	Versions
BIG-IPF5	21.1.0 and laterNot affected 21.0.0 to before 21.0.0.2Affected 17.5.0 to before 17.5.1.6Affected 17.1.0 to before 17.1.3.2Affected 16.1.0 and laterAffected
BIG-IQF5	8.4.0 and laterAffected

References

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000161018vendor-advisorypatch

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