What is CVE-2022-23030?

CVE-2022-23030 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-01-25.

How severe is CVE-2022-23030?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager

CVE-2022-23030

On version 16.1.x before 16.1.2, 15.1.x before 15.1.4.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4.5, and all versions of 13.1.x, when the BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) uses the ixlv driver (which is used in SR-IOV mode and requires Intel X710/XL710/XXV710 family of network adapters on the Hypervisor) and TCP Segmentation Offload configuration is enabled, undisclosed requests may cause an increase in CPU resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2022-01-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

support.f5.com/csp/article/K53442005 (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23030?: CVE-2022-23030 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-01-25.
How severe is CVE-2022-23030?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.