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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2020-5890 json

On BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1, 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, and 12.1.0-12.1.5.1 and BIG-IQ 5.2.0-7.1.0, when creating a QKView, credentials…

published 2020-04-30 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-27044

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

On BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1, 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, and 12.1.0-12.1.5.1 and BIG-IQ 5.2.0-7.1.0, when creating a QKView, credentials for binding to LDAP servers used for remote authentication of the BIG-IP administrative interface will not fully obfuscate if they contain whitespace.

Patch / fix

  • f5 big-ip_local_traffic_manager 14.1.2.4, 15.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_application_acceleration_manager 14.1.2.4, 15.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager 14.1.2.4, 15.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_analytics 14.1.2.4, 15.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_access_policy_manager 14.1.2.4, 15.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_application_security_manager 14.1.2.4, 15.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_domain_name_system 14.1.2.4, 15.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_fraud_protection_service 14.1.2.4, 15.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_global_traffic_manager 14.1.2.4, 15.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_link_controller 14.1.2.4, 15.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager 14.1.2.4, 15.1.0.2

Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a BIG-IP
  • n/a BIG-IQ

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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