March 11, 2021 By Elizabeth Montalbano
The F5 flaws could affect the networking infrastructure for some of the largest tech and Fortune 500 companies – including Microsoft, Oracle and Facebook.
F5 Networks is warning users to patch four critical remote command execution (RCE) flaws in its BIG-IP and BIG-IQ enterprise networking infrastructure. If exploited, the flaws could allow attackers to take full control over a vulnerable system.
The company released an advisory, Wednesday, on seven bugs in total, with two others rated as high risk and one rated as medium risk, respectively. “We strongly encourage all customers to update their BIG-IP and BIG-IQ systems to a fixed version as soon as possible,” the company advised on its website.