Exploited CVEs / F5 / CVE-2021-22991
CVE-2021-22991
F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel Buffer Overflow. Exploitation in the wild is confirmed by CISA, not predicted. Federal agencies were required to remediate by 2022-02-01 (that deadline has passed); treat that date as the outer bound for your own environment. Check the vendor security advisory for the fix.
Risk summary
Actively exploited F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel vulnerability, Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. Added to the CISA KEV catalog 2022-01-18.
Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2021-22991
F5 BIG-IP's Traffic Management Microkernel, the engine that processes traffic on the load balancer, has a buffer overflow that lets attackers bypass URL-based access controls. Severity is Critical at CVSS 9.8 with a 61% EPSS score and KEV-confirmed exploitation. Because BIG-IP fronts critical applications, a bypass here undermines the access rules protecting everything behind it.
Do this: Update BIG-IP to a fixed release and review which applications rely on URL-based access controls this flaw could sidestep.
AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.
Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2021-22991
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Updated August 14, 2026. Data refreshed on every build from MSRC, CISA KEV, and FIRST EPSS.
Full tracking and change history for CVE-2021-22991
- Published
- 2022-01-18
- Last revised
- 2022-01-18
- Changes tracked
- 1
Published and last-revised dates are authoritative, from Microsoft MSRC (or the CISA KEV date-added). Senserva additionally records day-to-day changes from 2026-07-07, refreshed several times a day; the change count reflects that forward-only tracking.
- 2022-01-18 added to the CISA KEV catalog by CISA
- 2026-07-17 CVSS 0.0 to 9.8; EPSS first scored at 61.1%
Recorded by Senserva on the dates shown, from CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. This is what moved and when, which neither the vendor advisory nor NVD publishes.
CISA required action
Federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date: 2022-02-01 (past due).
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Official fix for CVE-2021-22991
Check the vendor's security advisory channel for the patched BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel versions and workarounds.
Common questions about CVE-2021-22991
Is CVE-2021-22991 actively exploited?
Yes. CVE-2021-22991 was added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 2022-01-18, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed, not predicted. Its EPSS 30-day exploitation probability is 61%.
What is the CISA deadline and required action for CVE-2021-22991?
CISA set the federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date at 2022-02-01, which has passed; treat any unremediated system as overdue. The verbatim required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What fixes CVE-2021-22991?
Check the vendor's security advisory for the patched BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel versions and any workarounds. KEV listing makes this a fix-first item: patch it ahead of higher-CVSS issues nobody is exploiting.
Can I ask my own AI about CVE-2021-22991?
Yes. This page includes a free, ready-to-paste AI prompt containing CVE-2021-22991's key facts: severity, CVSS, EPSS, the KEV date, the CISA due date, and the required action. Copy it into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot; the data is refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central).
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