CVE-2020-5886 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Info in F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive InfoCWE-326 — Inadequate Encryption Strength4 documents4 sources
Severity
9.1CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 52.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
11
F5 Big-ip Access Policy ManagerF5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall ManagerF5 Big-ip Analytics+8 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 30
Latest updateMay 24

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 setup for connection mirroring in a High Availability (HA) pair transfers 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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages12 packages

▶NVDf5/big-ip_link_controller12.1.0 — 12.1.5.1+3
▶NVDf5/big-ip_analytics12.1.0 — 12.1.5.1+3
▶NVDf5/big-ip_domain_name_system12.1.0 — 12.1.5.1+3
▶NVDf5/big-ip_access_policy_manager12.1.0 — 12.1.5.1+3
▶NVDf5/big-ip_local_traffic_manager12.1.0 — 12.1.5.1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-pqx6-3389-5m7r: On versions 15↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-5886: On versions 15↗2020-04-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
F5
CVE-2020-5886: On versions 15↗2020-04-30
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CVE-2020-5886 — F5 vulnerability | cvebase