CVE-2020-5870
HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: April 24, 2020 at 01:17 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:22 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBIG-IQ Centralized Management
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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
In BIG-IQ 5.2.0-7.0.0, high availability (HA) synchronization mechanisms do not use any form of authentication for connecting to the peer.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 7.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo 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/K69422435CVSS
- Attack Vector
- ADJACENT_NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-306
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