Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-21789

High

Published: 14 February 2024

Published
14 February 2024
Modified
12 December 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0027 50.5th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-21789 is a high-severity Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime (CWE-772) vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 49.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

When a BIG-IP ASM/Advanced WAF security policy is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in memory resource utilization.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

f5
big-ip advanced web application firewall
17.1.0 — 17.1.1
f5
big-ip application security manager
17.1.0 — 17.1.1

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-772

Ensures network resources are released once the session ends or becomes inactive, closing the window for missing-release weaknesses.

References