What is CVE-2020-5868?

CVE-2020-5868 is a critical-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-iq_centralized_management, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-24.

How severe is CVE-2020-5868?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in F5 Big-iq_centralized_management

CVE-2020-5868

In BIG-IQ 6.0.0-7.0.0, a remote access vulnerability has been discovered that may allow a remote user to execute shell commands on affected systems using HTTP requests to the BIG-IQ user interface.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.022 (81.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

F5 Big-iq_centralized_management — versions 7.0.0
N/a Big-iq — versions 6.0.0-7.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

f5sirt@f5.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5868?: CVE-2020-5868 is a critical-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-iq_centralized_management, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-24.
How severe is CVE-2020-5868?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.