CVE-2024-21782: BIG-IP and BIG-IQ secure copy vulnerability
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
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-21782
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.7
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Problem Types
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Affected Products
Vendor: F5
Product: BIG-IP, BIG-IQ
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 15.67% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-06-10 (when was this score calculated)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)
SSVC Exploitation: none
SSVC Technical Impact: total
SSVC Automatable: false
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21782https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K98606833