CVE-2020-5944 Misconfiguration in BIG-IQ
Accessing specific pages in BIG-IQ returns errors due to disabled Grafana reverse proxy, causing a functional defect rather than a security vulnerability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-5944?
CVE-2020-5944 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management, published on 5 Nov 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In BIG-IQ 7.1.0, accessing the DoS Summary events and DNS Overview pages in the BIG-IQ system interface returns an error message due to disabled Grafana reverse proxy in web service configuration. F5 has done further review of this vulnerability and has re-classified it as a defect. CVE-2020-5944 will continue to be referenced in F5 Security Advisory K57274211 and will not be assigned to other F5 vulnerabilities.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5944?
It affects 1 product.
Products include F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management.
How do I fix CVE-2020-5944?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5944 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-5944 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5944 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cfw5-6463-63jw.