CVE-2021-22997: On all 7.x and 6.x versions (fixed in 8.0.0), BIG-IQ HA ElasticSearch service does not implement any form of authentication for the clustering transport…

PriorityP344high7.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN

EPSS

1.07%

61.0th percentile

On all 7.x and 6.x versions (fixed in 8.0.0), BIG-IQ HA ElasticSearch service does not implement any form of authentication for the clustering transport services, and all data used by ElasticSearch for transport is unencrypted. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
f5	big-iq	—	—
f5	big-iq_centralized_management	—	—
f5	big-iq_centralized_management	>= 6.0.0 < 8.0.0	8.0.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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