CVE-2020-5860
mediumpriority · track · 32OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.008 · 58 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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).
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.1
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
affected products (60)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- n/a BIG-IP, BIG-IQ≤ 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, 11.5.2-11.6.5.1enisa_euvdEU
- f5 big-ip access policy manager11.5.2 → 11.6.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip access policy manager12.1.0 → 12.1.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip access policy manager13.1.0 → 13.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip access policy manager14.1.0 → 14.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip access policy manager15.0.0 → 15.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager11.5.2 → 11.6.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager12.1.0 → 12.1.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager13.1.0 → 13.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager14.1.0 → 14.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager15.0.0 → 15.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip application acceleration manager11.5.2 → 11.6.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip application acceleration manager12.1.0 → 12.1.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip application acceleration manager13.1.0 → 13.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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sources
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references (7)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5860cnnvd
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K67472032cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/F5-BIG-IP-Man-in-the-Middle-via-HA-Network-Failover-31894cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.1077.2/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.1077/cnnvd
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K67472032enisa_euvd
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K67472032Vendor Advisorynvd
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