CVE-2020-5869 Information disclosure in BIG-IQ

Critical 9.1 Published Updated

On-path attackers can read or modify confidential data during HA synchronization due to lack of TLS encryption in BIG-IQ.

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-2020-5869?

CVE-2020-5869 is a critical 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 5.2.0-7.0.0, high availability (HA) synchronization is not secure by TLS and may allow on-path attackers to read / modify confidential data in transit.

Weakness: CWE-924

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5869?

It affects 1 product.

Products include F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5869?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5869 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-5869 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5869 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3rjh-fcp5-cg7v.

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