CVE-2020-5881

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% 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 versions 15.0.0-15.1.0.1, 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, and 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, when the BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) is configured with VLAN groups and there are devices configured with OSPF connected to it, the Network Device Abstraction Layer (NDAL) Interfaces can lock up and in turn disrupting the communication between the mcpd and tmm processes.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP APM: from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0.1
BIG-IP: from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0.1
F5 Big-Ip Analytics: from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0.1
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0.1
BIG-IP ASM: from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0.1
F5 BIG-IP DNS: from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0.1
F5 Big-Ip Fraud Protection Service: from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0.1
F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0.1
F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0.1
F5 BIG-IP (LTM): from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0.1
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0.1

References

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