CVE-2020-5868 Command injection in BIG-IQ
Remote attackers can execute shell commands on F5 BIG-IQ systems via HTTP requests to the user interface.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-5868?
CVE-2020-5868 is a critical command injection vulnerability in F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management, published on 24 Apr 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5868?
It affects 1 product.
Products include F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management.
How do I fix CVE-2020-5868?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5868 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-2020-5868 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5868 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5w49-v6w7-jmpv.