CVE-2020-5873

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-04-30 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

On BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1, 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.1, 12.1.0-12.1.5, and 11.6.1-11.6.5 and BIG-IQ 5.2.0-7.1.0, a user associated with the Resource Administrator role who has access to the secure copy (scp) utility but does not have access to Advanced Shell (bash) can execute arbitrary commands using a maliciously crafted scp request.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP APM: from 11.6.1 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1
BIG-IP: from 11.6.1 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1
F5 Big-Ip Analytics: from 11.6.1 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): from 11.6.1 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1
BIG-IP ASM: from 11.6.1 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1
F5 BIG-IP DNS: from 11.6.1 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1
F5 Big-Ip Fraud Protection Service: from 11.6.1 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1
F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: from 11.6.1 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1
F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: from 11.6.1 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1
F5 BIG-IP (LTM): from 11.6.1 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): from 11.6.1 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1
F5 BIG-IQ: from 5.2.0 through 5.4.0; from 6.0.0 through 6.1.0; from 7.0.0 through 7.1.0

References

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