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  "crds_version": "0.1",
  "kind": "base",
  "id": "crds:cve-2020-5902",
  "revision": 1,
  "title": "F5 BIG-IP TMUI — Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution",
  "summary": "The configuration utility of F5's traffic managers (BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface) exposes undisclosed pages that let an unauthenticated attacker read and upload files and run commands on the device fronting the application estate.",
  "source_type": "cve",
  "severity": "critical",
  "cvss": {
    "score": 9.8,
    "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "version": "3.1"
  },
  "epss": 0.99999,
  "exploitation": {
    "known_exploited": true,
    "exploit_available": true,
    "attack_complexity": "low",
    "kev_added": "2021-11-03",
    "prerequisites": "Network access to the management interface of an affected BIG-IP version (11.6.1-11.6.5.1 through 15.0.0-15.1.0.3). No credentials needed."
  },
  "remediation": {
    "patch_available": true
  },
  "mitre_attack": [
    "T1190"
  ],
  "kill_chain": "initial_access",
  "recommended_action": "Update BIG-IP per F5 article K52145254 and take the configuration utility off the public internet; then check the device for uploaded files and accounts nobody created.",
  "confidence": "high",
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      "source": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5902",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-08-07T07:53:55.549Z",
      "confidence": "high",
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      "source": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
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      "confidence": "high",
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      "source": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-5902",
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      "confidence": "high",
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  "references": [
    {
      "type": "cve",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5902",
      "label": "NVD record"
    },
    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K52145254",
      "label": "F5 security article K52145254"
    },
    {
      "type": "writeup",
      "url": "https://swarm.ptsecurity.com/rce-in-f5-big-ip/",
      "label": "Positive Technologies: how the flaw works"
    },
    {
      "type": "cisa",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-5902",
      "label": "CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities entry"
    }
  ],
  "published_at": "2020-07-01T15:15:15.360Z",
  "issued_at": "2026-08-07T07:53:55.549Z",
  "tags": [
    "f5",
    "big-ip",
    "load-balancer",
    "path-traversal",
    "kev",
    "ransomware"
  ]
}