On all 7.x and 6.x versions (fixed in 8.0.0), when using a Quorum device for BIG-IQ high availability (HA) for automatic failover, BIG-IQ d…

published 2021-03-31 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-10123

cvss: 9.1; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits: 0; none known

On all 7.x and 6.x versions (fixed in 8.0.0), when using a Quorum device for BIG-IQ high availability (HA) for automatic failover, BIG-IQ does not make use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) with the Corosync protocol. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

f5 big-iq_centralized_management 8.0.0

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Exploit prediction

1.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	9.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	6.4	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected products

n/a BIG-IQ

References

support.f5.com /csp/article/K01243064
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-23005
NVD CVE-2021-23005

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