High Access control

CVE-2022-29263 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in F5 Access Policy Manager Clients

On F5 BIG-IP APM 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 versions of 12.1.x and 11.6.x, as well as F5 BIG-IP APM Clients 7.x versions prior to 7.2.1.5, the BIG-IP Edge Client Component Installer Service does not use best practice while saving temporary files. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Published May 5, 2022 · Updated Oct 13, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP · CNA: f5

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

EPSS 0.2% (30-day exploitation probability)+2
Technical severity (high)+6

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

0.21%

ahead of 10% of scored CVEs · Oct 14, 2026

Affects

Access Policy Manager Clients and 3 more

CVSS base

7.8

High · 3 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation

None

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Total

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (F5 Access Policy Manager Clients, F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager, F5 BIG-IP APM…).
No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (access control), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
F5	Access Policy Manager Clients	version 7.2.1.1version 7.2.1version 7.1.9.8version 7.1.9.7version 7.1.9version 7.1.8.5version 7.1.8	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
F5	Big-ip Access Policy Manager	version 14.1.4version 11.6.2version 15.1.0version 15.1.1version 15.1.2version 15.1.3version 15.1.4version 15.1.5 and 23 more version 16.1.0version 16.1.1version 16.1.2version 17.0.0version 14.1.2version 11.6.1version 11.6.3version 11.6.4version 11.6.5version 12.1.0version 12.1.1version 12.1.2version 12.1.3version 12.1.4version 12.1.5version 12.1.6version 13.1.0version 13.1.1version 13.1.3version 13.1.4version 13.1.5version 14.1.0version 14.1.3	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
F5	BIG-IP APM	version 12.1.xversion 11.6.x≥ 16.1.x and < 16.1.2.2≥ 15.1.x and < 15.1.5.1≥ 14.1.x and < 14.1.4.6≥ 13.1.x and < 13.1.5	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
F5	BIG-IP APM Clients	≥ 7.x and < 7.2.1.5	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Local

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
7.8	CVSS 3.1	High	1.8	5.9	f5sirt@f5.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
7.8	CVSS 3.1	High	1.8	5.9	nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database
7.8	CVSS 3.1	High	—	—	f5 via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
4.6	CVSS 2.0	Medium	3.9	6.4	nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (score shown at the top: nvd@nist.gov)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-732 · Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 0.21%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Local/physical vector: focus on endpoint telemetry (EDR) from affected hosts.
Audit administrative actions and access to resources outside each user’s normal pattern.

endpoint telemetry (EDR)authentication logsapplication logs

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Affected products added · f5/big-ip apm, f5/big-ip apm clients
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 13, 2026
CVSS changed · 7.8
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Modified
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
2022
CVE published
May 5, 2022 · f5

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

1 on the record

support.f5.com/csp/article/K33552735
Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

F5
every CVE for this vendor

Access control
same class

CWE-732
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

Critical CVE-2026-94127 F5 BIG-IP APM Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability KEV 23d
Medium CVE-2026-42937 iControl REST and tmsh vulnerability May 13, 2026
High CVE-2026-42924 BIG-IP iControl SOAP vulnerability May 13, 2026
High CVE-2026-42930 Appliance mode iControl REST vulnerability May 13, 2026
Medium CVE-2026-42919 F5 BIG-IP Appliance Mode Vulnerability May 13, 2026
High CVE-2026-42920 BIG-IP DTLS Vulnerability May 13, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2022-29263 is "Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in F5 Access Policy Manager Clients", rated High. It affects Access Policy Manager Clients (F5); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 7.8 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.21% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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