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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-6644

This may expose the process to unauthorized users if the plugin is left in debug mode and the port is accessible.

CRITICAL 9.4EPSS 1.40%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Similar to the issue identified in CVE-2018-12120, on versions 14.1.0-14.1.0.5, 14.0.0-14.0.0.4, 13.0.0-13.1.2, and 12.1.0-12.1.4 BIG-IP will bind a debug nodejs process to all interfaces when invoked. This may expose the process to unauthorized users if the plugin is left in debug mode and the port is accessible.

CVSS 3.1
9.4 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS
1.40% probability · 72th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
f5/big-ip local traffic manager · f5/big-ip advanced firewall manager · f5/big-ip application acceleration manager · f5/big-ip analytics · f5/big-ip access policy manager · f5/big-ip application security manager · f5/big-ip edge gateway · f5/big-ip fraud protection service · f5/big-ip global traffic manager · f5/big-ip link controller · f5/big-ip policy enforcement manager · f5/big-ip webaccelerator · f5/big-ip domain name system
Source
f5sirt@f5.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.40%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 1.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.