CVE-2020-5944
In BIG-IQ 7.1.0, accessing the DoS Summary events and DNS Overview pages in the BIG-IQ system...
In BIG-IQ 7.1.0, accessing the DoS Summary events and DNS Overview pages in the BIG-IQ system interface returns an error message due to disabled Grafana reverse proxy in web service configuration. F5 has done further review of this vulnerability and has re-classified it as a defect. CVE-2020-5944 will continue to be referenced in F5 Security Advisory K57274211 and will not be assigned to other F5 vulnerabilities.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In BIG-IQ 7.1.0, accessing the DoS Summary events and DNS Overview pages in the BIG-IQ system interface returns an error message due to disabled Grafana reverse proxy in web service configuration. F5 has done further review of this vulnerability and has re-classified it as a defect. CVE-2020-5944 will continue to be referenced in F5 Security Advisory K57274211 and will not be assigned to other F5 vulnerabilities.
- Record
CVE-2020-5944- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In BIG-IQ 7.1.0, accessing the DoS Summary events and DNS Overview pages in the BIG-IQ system interface returns an error message due to disabled Grafana reverse proxy in web service configuration. F5 has done further review of this vulnerability and has re-classified it as a defect. CVE-2020-5944 will continue to be referenced in F5 Security Advisory K57274211 and will not be assigned to other F5 vulnerabilities.
- Record
CVE-2020-5944- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-27098 No score
In BIG-IQ 7.1.0, accessing the DoS Summary events and DNS Overview pages in the BIG-IQ system interface returns an error message due to disabled Grafana reverse proxy in web service configuration. F5 has done further review of this vulnerability and has re-classified it as a defect. CVE-2020-5944 will continue to be referenced in F5 Security Advisory K57274211 and will not be assigned to other F5 vulnerabilities.
- Record
EUVD-2020-27098- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cfw5-6463-63jw No score
In BIG-IQ 7.1.0, accessing the DoS Summary events and DNS Overview pages in the BIG-IQ system...
In BIG-IQ 7.1.0, accessing the DoS Summary events and DNS Overview pages in the BIG-IQ system interface returns an error message due to disabled Grafana reverse proxy in web service configuration.
- Record
GHSA-cfw5-6463-63jw- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-5944 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in F5 Big-iq, published November 5, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.82%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.