CVE-2024-21782
BIG-IP and BIG-IQ secure copy vulnerability
At a glance Severity MEDIUM 6.7 EPSS EPSS 0.18 % · percentile 7 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2024-02-14 Updated 2025-05-12 Assigner f5 NVD status Analyzed Description 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
Scores Version Score Vector Scored by CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H f5 CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD · f5sirt@f5.com (Secondary) CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
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Affected configurations (NVD CPE) cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.9cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.4cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:17.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-iq_centralized_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 8.0.0 ≤ 8.3.0cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.9cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.4cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:17.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.9cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.4cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:17.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.9cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.4cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:17.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.9cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.4cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:17.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.9cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.4cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:17.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.9cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.4cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:17.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.9cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.4cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:17.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.9cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.4cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:17.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.9cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.4cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:17.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.9cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.4cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:17.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Affected products Product Versions F5 · BIG-IP affected 17.1.0 < 17.1.1 ; affected 16.1.0 < 16.1.4 ; affected 15.1.0 < 15.1.9 F5 · BIG-IQ affected 8.0.0 < *
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