When BIG-IP 14.0.0-14.0.0.2, 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.3.5, 11.6.0-11.6.3.2, or 11.2.1-11.5.6, BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.0.0-5.4.0

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• f5 big-ip access policy manager11.2.1 and later · up to 11.5.6 inclusive
• f5 big-ip access policy manager14.0.0 and later · up to 14.0.0.2 inclusive
• f5 big-ip access policy manager13.0.0 and later · up to 13.1.0.7 inclusive
• f5 big-ip access policy manager12.1.0 and later · up to 12.1.3.5 inclusive
• f5 big-ip access policy manager11.6.0 and later · up to 11.6.3.2 inclusive
• f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager11.2.1 and later · up to 11.5.6 inclusive
• f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager11.6.0 and later · up to 11.6.3.2 inclusive
• f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager12.1.0 and later · up to 12.1.3.5 inclusive
• f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager13.0.0 and later · up to 13.1.0.7 inclusive
• f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager14.0.0 and later · up to 14.0.0.2 inclusive
• f5 big-ip analytics14.0.0 and later · up to 14.0.0.2 inclusive
• f5 big-ip analytics11.2.1 and later · up to 11.5.6 inclusive
• f5 big-ip analytics11.6.0 and later · up to 11.6.3.2 inclusive
• f5 big-ip analytics12.1.0 and later · up to 12.1.3.5 inclusive
• f5 big-ip analytics13.0.0 and later · up to 13.1.0.7 inclusive
• f5 big-ip application acceleration manager11.2.1 and later · up to 11.5.6 inclusive
• f5 big-ip application acceleration manager11.6.0 and later · up to 11.6.3.2 inclusive
• f5 big-ip application acceleration manager12.1.0 and later · up to 12.1.3.5 inclusive
• f5 big-ip application acceleration manager13.0.0 and later · up to 13.1.0.7 inclusive
• f5 big-ip application acceleration manager14.0.0 and later · up to 14.0.0.2 inclusive

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (f5). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, FPS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator), BIG-IQ Centralized Management, BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration, iWorkflow, Enterprise Man

  • 14.0.0-14.0.0.2, 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.3.5, 11.6.0-11.6.3.2, 11.2.1-11.5.6affected

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2016-9244A BIG-IP virtual server configured with a Client SSL profile that has the non-default Session Tickets option enabled may leak up to 31 bytes
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• CVE-2016-5745F5 BIG-IP LTM systems 11.x before 11.2.1 HF16, 11.3.x, 11.4.x before 11.4.1 HF11, 11.5.0, 11.5.1 before HF11, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4 before
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• CVE-2019-6609Platform dependent weakness.
  39Monitor
• CVE-2018-5506In F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0, 12.1.0-12.1.2, 11.6.1, 11.5.1-11.5.5, or 11.2.1 the Apache modules apache_auth_token_mod and mod_auth_f5_auth_token.cpp
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• CVE-2017-6131In some circumstances, an F5 BIG-IP version 12.0.0 to 12.1.2 and 13.0.0 Azure cloud instance may contain a default administrative password w
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• CVE-2019-6644Similar to the issue identified in CVE-2018-12120, on versions 14.1.0-14.1.0.5, 14.0.0-14.0.0.4, 13.0.0-13.1.2, and 12.1.0-12.1.4 BIG-IP wil
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FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

To simplify setup, a service account is granted broad, cluster-wide permissions. The principle of least privilege is skipped during installation.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1kind: ClusterRole2rules:3  - apiGroups: ["*"]4    resources: ["*"]5    verbs: ["*"]

1kind: Role2metadata:3  namespace: lodos-system4rules:5  - apiGroups: ["apps"]6    resources: ["deployments"]7    verbs: ["get", "list", "update"]

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.