CVE-2026-40698
HighRCE
Published: 13 May 2026
Published
13 May 2026
Modified
13 May 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score
8.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
0.0005
16.8th percentile
Risk Priority
17
60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS
Summary
CVE-2026-40698 is a high-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 8.7 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 16.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
NVD Description
A vulnerability exists in BIG-IP and BIG-IQ systems where a highly privileged, authenticated attacker with at least the Resource Administrator role can create SNMP configuration objects through iControl REST or the TMOS shell (tmsh) resulting in privilege escalation. Note: Software…
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versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Deeper analysisAI
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Details
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Affected Products
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Software
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE