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CVE-2024-21793
published 2024-05-08

CVE-2024-21793: An OData injection vulnerability exists in the BIG-IP Next Central Manager API (URI). Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support…

PriorityP352high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN
EPSS
7.09%
93.5th percentile
An OData injection vulnerability exists in the BIG-IP Next Central Manager API (URI). Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Affected

2 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
f5big-ip_next_central_manager
f5big-ip_next_central_manager>= 20.0.1 < 20.2.020.2.0

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url/api/login
snort
alert http any any -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS F5 BIG-IP Next Central Manager OData Injection (CVE-2024-21793)"; flow:established,to_server; http.method; content:"POST"; http.uri; content:"/api/login"; fast_pattern; startswith; http.content_type; content:"application/json"; http.request_body; content:"|22|username|22 3a|"; pcre:"/^[^\x27\x28\x29]*(?:\x27|\x28|\x29)+.*\x20+(?:(?:and|or|not|ge|le|ne|eq|lt|gt|has|in)\x20+|(?:(?:start|end)swith|length|indexof|substring|to(?:upper|lower)|trim|concat|round|floor|ceiling)\x28)/Ri"; content:"|22|provider_"; pcre:"/^(type|name)\x22\x3a\x20?\x22LDAP\x22/Ri"; reference:url,eclypsium.com/blog/big-vulnerabilities-in-next-gen-big-ip/; reference:cve,2024-21793; classtype:web-application-attack; sid:2056181; rev:1; metadata:affected_product F5, attack_target Server, tls_state plaintext, created_at 2024_09_25, cve CVE_2024_21793, deployment Perimeter, deployment Internal, performance_impact Low, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag Exploit, updated_at 2024_09_25, mitre_tactic_id TA0001, mitre_tactic_name Initial_Access, mitre_technique_id T1190, mitre_technique_name Exploit_Public_Facing_Application; target:dest_ip;)
bytes
|22|username|22 3a|
bytes
|22|provider_
  • The OData injection is triggered via a POST request to the /api/login URI of the BIG-IP Next Central Manager API, with Content-Type: application/json and a JSON body containing a username field with OData operator injection (e.g., and/or/eq/lt/gt/has/in or OData functions like startswith, endswith, substring, etc.) combined with a provider_type or provider_name field set to "LDAP".
  • Post-exploitation: rogue accounts created on managed BIG-IP Next assets after compromise are NOT visible from the Central Manager UI — hunt for accounts on managed assets that have no corresponding record in Central Manager.
  • Shodan exposure: over 10,000 F5 BIG-IP devices with management ports exposed online; prioritize hunting/patching internet-facing Central Manager instances.
  • A public proof-of-concept exploit exists (published by Eclypsium); treat unpatched internet-facing instances as actively exploitable.
  • MITRE mapping for this exploit: TA0001 (Initial Access) / T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application).
  • ·Only BIG-IP Next Central Manager versions 20.0.1 through 20.2.0 are affected; EoTS (End of Technical Support) versions are not evaluated.
  • ·The Snort/ET rule targets plaintext (non-TLS) traffic only; encrypted management traffic will not be detected by this signature.
  • ·F5 recommends that administrators who cannot immediately patch should restrict Next Central Manager access to trusted users over a secure network.
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