CVE-2024-21782 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-21782: BIG-IP and BIG-IQ secure copy vulnerability

Vendor F5
Product BIG-IP
Weakness CWE-78
Published February 14, 2024
Last update May 12, 2025
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CVSS base score

6.7/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

BIG-IP or BIG-IQ Resource Administrators and Certificate Managers who have access to the secure copy (scp) utility but do not have access to Advanced shell (bash) can execute arbitrary commands with a specially crafted command string. This vulnerability is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-5873. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 14, 2024 CVE published
May 12, 2025 Record updated