CVE-2024-21789
Published: 14 February 2024
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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-19403
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
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.
Ensures network resources are released once the session ends or becomes inactive, closing the window for missing-release weaknesses.