CVE-2019-6620 Command injection in BIG-IP, BIG-IQ

High 7.2 Published Updated

An administrator can execute arbitrary commands via the iControl REST interface in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ systems.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-6620?

CVE-2019-6620 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 2 Jul 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

On BIG-IP 14.1.0-14.1.0.5, 14.0.0-14.0.0.5, 13.0.0-13.1.1.4, 12.1.0-12.1.4.1, and 11.5.1-11.6.4 and BIG-IQ 6.0.0-6.1.0 and 5.1.0-5.4.0, an undisclosed iControl REST worker vulnerable to command injection for an Administrator user.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-6620?

It affects 14 products.

Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, F5 Big-Ip Analytics, F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager, F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager, F5 Big-Ip Domain Name System and 8 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-6620?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-6620 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2019-6620 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-6620 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p672-7xm9-77fr.

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