CVE-2020-5885 Weak cryptography in BIG-IP
Attackers on the connection mirroring network can intercept sensitive cryptographic objects due to insecure transmission in BIG-IP HA pairs.
- 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-2020-5885?
CVE-2020-5885 is a critical vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 30 Apr 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
On versions 15.0.0-15.1.0.1, 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, and 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, BIG-IP systems set up for connection mirroring in a high availability (HA) pair transfer sensitive cryptographic objects over an insecure communications channel. This is a control plane issue which is exposed only on the network used for connection mirroring.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5885?
It affects 11 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 5 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-5885?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5885 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-5885 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5885 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
- CVE-2023-46747 F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP Missing Authentication
- CVE-2021-22986 F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-22991 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2020-5902 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v4h8-r639-2f33.