CVE•Published 2026-05-13•Modified 2026-06-18•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-42924F5 · Big-ip_access_policy_manager
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.7
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS percentile
16
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 84% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
An authenticated attacker with the Resource Administrator or Administrator role can create SNMP configuration objects through iControl SOAP resulting in privilege escalation. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-13
Modified 2026-06-18
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-42924Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager" version:"21.0.0"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Big-ip Access Policy Manager"HTTP body or banner mentions "Big-ip Access Policy Manager" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-42924Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-42924Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-42924Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-42924GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-42924" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-42924 on GitHub.