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CVE-2020-5860

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: March 27, 2020 at 02:26 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:22 AM UTC
13 products affected across 1 vendorBig IP Access Policy ManagerBig IP Application Security ManagerBig IP Advanced Firewall Manager

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%

Description

On BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.1.0.2, 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.2, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.5.2-11.6.5.1 and BIG-IQ 7.0.0, 6.0.0-6.1.0, and 5.2.0-5.4.0, in a High Availability (HA) network failover in Device Service Cluster (DSC), the failover service does not require a strong form of authentication and HA network failover traffic is not encrypted by Transport Layer Security (TLS).

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Big IP Access Policy Manager· F5
95%
11.5.2 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.513.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.314.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 14.1.215.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 15.1.0
Big IP Advanced Firewall Manager· F5
95%
11.5.2 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.513.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.314.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 14.1.215.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 15.1.0
Big IP Analytics· F5
95%
11.5.2 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.513.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.314.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 14.1.215.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 15.1.0
Big IP Application Acceleration Manager· F5
95%
11.5.2 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.513.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.314.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 14.1.215.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 15.1.0
Big IP Application Security Manager· F5
95%
11.5.2 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.513.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.314.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 14.1.215.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 15.1.0
Big IP Domain Name System· F5
95%
11.5.2 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.513.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.314.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 14.1.215.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 15.1.0
Big IP Fraud Protection Service· F5
95%
11.5.2 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.513.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.314.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 14.1.215.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 15.1.0
Big IP Global Traffic Manager· F5
95%
11.5.2 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.513.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.314.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 14.1.215.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 15.1.0
Big IP Link Controller· F5
95%
11.5.2 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.513.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.314.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 14.1.215.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 15.1.0
Big IP Local Traffic Manager· F5
95%
11.5.2 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.513.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.314.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 14.1.215.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 15.1.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K67472032

CVSS

8.1HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287CWE-319

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