BIG-IP Next Central Manager vulnerability

published 2024-08-14 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-36399

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits: 0; none known

BIG-IP Next Central Manager may allow an attacker to lock out an account that has never been logged in. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

F5 BIG-IP Next Central Manager 20.2.1
f5 big-ip_next_central_manager 20.2.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-08-16)

Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CNA	4.0	6.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	4.0	6.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP Next Central Manager
f5 big-ip_next_central_manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-645 Overly Restrictive Account Lockout Mechanism
CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References

my.f5.com /manage/s/article/K000139938
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-37028
NVD CVE-2024-37028

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Summary