# CVE-2024-33612: BIG-IP Next Central Manager vulnerability

> Improper certificate validation allows attackers to impersonate an Instance Provider system in BIG-IP Next Central Manager.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 May 2024
- **Updated:** 16 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4wj3-7p36-wmrw

## What is CVE-2024-33612?

CVE-2024-33612 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP Next Central Manager, published on 8 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

An improper certificate validation vulnerability exists in BIG-IP Next Central Manager and may allow an attacker to impersonate an Instance Provider system.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Weakness: CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-33612?

It affects 1 product.


Products: F5 Big-Ip Next Central Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-33612?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-33612 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-33612 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33612 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in F5 BIG-IP Next Central Manager

- [CVE-2024-39809](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39809/): BIG-IP Next Central Manager vulnerability (high 8.9)
- [CVE-2024-21793](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21793/): BIG-IP Central Manager OData Injection Vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-26026](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26026/): BIG-IP Central Manager SQL Injection (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-32049](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32049/): BIG-IP Next Central Manager vulnerability (high 7.4)
- [CVE-2025-24319](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24319/): BIG-IP Next Central Manager vulnerability (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-33612 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-33612 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP Next Central Manager, published on 8 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33612 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: F5 BIG-IP Next Central Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33612/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33612/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-33612
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33612
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-33612

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33612/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.