Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-26026

High

Published: 08 May 2024

Published
08 May 2024
Modified
19 September 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.8950 99.6th percentile
Risk Priority 69 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-26026 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Next Central Manager. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 0.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

An SQL injection vulnerability exists in the BIG-IP Next Central Manager API URI, tracked as CVE-2024-26026 with CWE-89. The flaw affects F5 BIG-IP Next Central Manager instances whose software versions have not reached End of Technical Support.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit the issue remotely over the network without user interaction or credentials, as reflected in the CVSS 7.5 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, resulting in high-impact disclosure of sensitive data stored in the application's backend database.

Mitigation details and affected version guidance are provided in the F5 advisory article K000138733.

The associated EPSS score is currently 0.8950, matching its recorded peak.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An SQL injection vulnerability exists in the BIG-IP Next Central Manager API (URI).  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 next central manager
20.0.1 — 20.2.0

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-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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