CVE-2022-1388

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.8 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-05-10), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
9.8
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS: 100%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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 v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(high)
EG Risk
99(Act)
EG Risk 99/100SSVC: Act

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Fix now — active exploitation, automatable, high impact.
EPSS
100.0%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

May 5, 2022

Last Modified

October 27, 2025

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Jun 1, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

F5 BIG-IP Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Getting Exploit | SecPod

https://www.secpod.com/blog/critical-f5-big-ip-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-patch-now/
generic

myF5

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K23605346
generic

Packet Storm

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167150/F5-BIG-IP-iControl-Remote-Code-Execution.html
generic

Packet Storm

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167007/F5-BIG-IP-Remote-Code-Execution.html

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 42× in last 7d / 207× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 397 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-24 14:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-24 14:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-23 02:07 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-22 21:42 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-22 21:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-22 19:40 UTCCISA KEV update
  7. 2026-07-22 18:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-22 14:24 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-22 14:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-22 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-22 10:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  14. 2026-07-21 23:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-21 20:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-21 16:25 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-07-21 16:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-21 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-21 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-21 14:37 UTCCISA KEV update
  21. 2026-07-21 12:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-21 09:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-21 05:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-21 01:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-20 22:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-20 18:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  24. 2026-07-17 07:13 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-07-17 07:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-07-17 03:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-07-16 23:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-07-16 20:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-07-16 17:04 UTCCISA KEV update
  30. 2026-07-16 16:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-07-16 12:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-07-16 09:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-07-16 05:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  35. 2026-07-15 22:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-07-15 18:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-07-15 16:49 UTCCISA KEV update
  38. 2026-07-15 15:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-07-15 15:04 UTCCISA KEV update
  40. 2026-07-15 11:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-07-15 07:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-07-15 04:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-07-15 00:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-07-14 21:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-07-14 18:05 UTCCISA KEV update
  46. 2026-07-14 17:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-07-14 13:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-07-14 10:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-07-14 06:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-07-14 02:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-07-13 23:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-07-13 19:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-07-13 17:07 UTCCISA KEV update
  54. 2026-07-13 16:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-07-13 12:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-07-13 08:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  58. 2026-07-13 01:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-07-12 21:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-07-12 18:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  72. 2026-07-10 22:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-07-10 19:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-07-10 17:52 UTCCISA KEV update
  75. 2026-07-10 15:24 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(10 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (8 GitHub PoCs) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-50932
    First seen May 12, 2022

    F5 BIG-IP 16.0.x - Remote Code Execution (RCE)

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCAl1ex/CVE-2022-1388
    First seen May 9, 2022

    CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP iControl REST RCE

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCsherlocksecurity/CVE-2022-1388-Exploit-POC
    First seen May 9, 2022

    PoC for CVE-2022-1388_F5_BIG-IP

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCalt3kx/CVE-2022-1388_PoC
    First seen May 9, 2022

    F5 BIG-IP RCE exploitation (CVE-2022-1388)

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCZephrFish/F5-CVE-2022-1388-Exploit
    First seen May 9, 2022

    Exploit and Check Script for CVE 2022-1388

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoChorizon3ai/CVE-2022-1388
    First seen May 9, 2022

    POC for CVE-2022-1388

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoC0xf4n9x/CVE-2022-1388
    First seen May 9, 2022

    CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP iControl REST Auth Bypass RCE

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/linux/http/f5_icontrol_rest_unauth_bash_rce✓ verified
    First seen May 9, 2022

    iControl REST auth bypass + bash command execution chain.

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCdoocop/CVE-2022-1388-EXP
    First seen May 7, 2022

    CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP RCE 批量检测

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCMrCl0wnLab/Nuclei-Template-CVE-2022-1388-BIG-IP-iControl-REST-Exposed
    First seen May 6, 2022

    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.

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2022-1388?
CVE-2022-1388 is a critical vulnerability published on May 5, 2022. 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…
When was CVE-2022-1388 disclosed?
CVE-2022-1388 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 5, 2022, with the most recent update on October 27, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2022-1388 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2022-1388 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 10, 2022, affecting F5 BIG-IP. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-1388?
CVE-2022-1388 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
Which products are affected by CVE-2022-1388?
CVE-2022-1388 affects F5 BIG-IP. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2022-1388?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2022-1388, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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