CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2022-27636 — F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager security vulnerability
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, BIG-IP Edge Client may log sensitive APM session-related information when VPN is launched on a Windows system. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.5 (3.1)
- Published
- 2022-05-05
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- windows/system
- Weaknesses
- CWE-532
Affected products
- f5 / big-ip_access_policy_manager / 11.6.1
- f5 / big-ip_access_policy_manager / 11.6.2
- f5 / big-ip_access_policy_manager / 11.6.3
- f5 / big-ip_access_policy_manager / 11.6.4
- f5 / big-ip_access_policy_manager / 11.6.5
- f5 / big-ip_access_policy_manager / 12.1.0
Matched remediation archetype
Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure
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Check exposure
- Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
- Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
- Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.
Remediate safely
- Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
- Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
- Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.
Authoritative sources
Complete CVE record and remediation plan
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