RCE in F5 Big-Ip
CVE-2024-21782
BIG-IP or BIG-IQ Resource Administrators and Certificate Managers who have access to the secure copy (scp) utility but do not have access to Advanced shell (bash) can execute arbitrary commands with a specially crafted command string. This vulnerability is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-5873. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (6.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 6.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- F5 Big-Ip — versions 17.1.0, 16.1.0, 15.1.0
- F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager — versions 17.1.0
- F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager — versions 17.1.0
- F5 Big-Ip Analytics — versions 17.1.0
- F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager — versions 17.1.0
- F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager — versions 17.1.0
- F5 Big-Ip Domain Name System — versions 17.1.0
- F5 Big-Ip Fraud Protection Service — versions 17.1.0
- F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager — versions 17.1.0
- F5 Big-Ip Link Controller — versions 17.1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K98606833 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-21782?
- CVE-2024-21782 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2024-02-14.
- How severe is CVE-2024-21782?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.