Vulnerability in F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management
CVE-2021-23005
On all 7.x and 6.x versions (fixed in 8.0.0), when using a Quorum device for BIG-IQ high availability (HA) for automatic failover, BIG-IQ does not make use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) with the Corosync protocol. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (61.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management
- Big-Iq — versions All 7.x and 6.x versions
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- support.f5.com/csp/article/K01243064 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-23005?
- CVE-2021-23005 is a critical-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2021-03-31.
- How severe is CVE-2021-23005?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-23005 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.