{"id":"CVE-2020-5887","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-5887","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:18:58.392Z","title":"On versions 15.1.0-15.1.0.1, 15.0.0-15.0.1.2, and 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) may expose a mechanism for remote attackers to access local daemons and bypass port lockdown settings.","description":"On versions 15.1.0-15.1.0.1, 15.0.0-15.0.1.2, and 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) may expose a mechanism for remote attackers to access local daemons and bypass port lockdown settings.","published":"2020-04-30T21:15:17.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:22:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"f5sirt@f5.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-668"],"affected":["f5/big-ip access policy manager","f5/big-ip advanced firewall manager","f5/big-ip analytics","f5/big-ip application acceleration manager","f5/big-ip application security manager","f5/big-ip fraud protection service","f5/big-ip link controller","f5/big-ip local traffic manager","f5/big-ip policy enforcement manager","f5/big-ip webaccelerator","f5/big-ip edge gateway","f5/big-ip domain name system","f5/big-ip global traffic manager"],"epss":{"score":0.01848,"percentile":0.7894,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.85%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K10251014","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"f5sirt@f5.com"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K10251014","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5887","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}