CVE-2026-66842 is a control-plane vulnerability in the F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI). An authenticated user assigned any role may be able to submit an undisclosed TMUI request that creates administrative user accounts. The issue affects the BIG-IP management interface and is not reported to expose the data plane.
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An authenticated privilege-escalation vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) that may allow any authenticated management-interface user, regardless of role, to create administrative accounts. It affects the control plane only and has no data-plane exposure.
An authenticated privilege-escalation vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP's Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI). A network-accessible user authenticated with any role on the BIG-IP management interface may be able to create administrative accounts, resulting in total compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the control plane. The content states there is no data-plane exposure.
A network-accessible F5 BIG-IP vulnerability requiring low privileges and no user interaction, with high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability according to the supplied CVSS vectors.
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