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K000152956: BIG-IP strategic update: Modernizing BIG-IP TMOS and discontinuing BIG-IP Next
F5 launched the BIG-IP Next program to modernize F5’s BIG-IP software and empower customers to adapt to the demands of the evolving application landscape. The program focused on delivering enhanced scalability, simplified operations, and advanced automation capabilities to BIG-IP. Initially, many of the enhancements envisioned for BIG-IP Next were considered unattainable within the monolithic architecture of BIG-IP TMOS. However, recent technological advances—including cutting-edge development tools and innovative third-party software components—have demonstrated that these improvements can now be realized within the existing BIG-IP TMOS codebase.
Extensive customer feedback in recent years also highlighted various challenges associated with the adoption of BIG-IP Next, such as the need for significant solution reintegration and recertification efforts. In response, to minimize disruption for BIG-IP customers and to accelerate delivery of a solution built for the next application era, F5 has made the strategic decision to discontinue development of BIG-IP Next. F5 will instead extend an
Our ongoing research has identified remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in F5’s Next Central Manager that can give attackers full administrative control of the device, and subsequently allow attackers to create accounts on any F5 assets managed by the Next Central Manager. These attacker-controlled accounts would not be visible from the Next Central Manager itself, enabling ongoing malicious persistence within the environment. At the time of writing, we have not seen any indication that these vulnerabilities have been exploited in the wild.
F5 has issued the following CVEs:
F5 has published fixes for the vulnerabilities in software version 20.2.0 available to F5 customers, here, and organizations using the Next Central Manager are advised to upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible. It is important to note that we reported 5 vulnerabilities, but only 2 CVEs were assigned, details follow below.
Background on F5 BIG-IP and Next Central Manager
Networking and application infrastructure have become a key target of attackers in recent years, including a wide range of vendors such as Cisco, Citrix, Fortinet, Ivanti, and Zyxel. Exploiting these highly privileged systems
The Easy Path to Understanding and Supporting Your Customers to Execute BIG-IP Next from F5
In the ever-evolving landscape of application delivery and security, F5’s BIG-IP Next stands out as a beacon of simplicity and efficiency. Engineered to modernise and optimise operations, BIG-IP Next makes it incredibly easy for organisations to direct their application delivery and security needs.
Let’s dive into why BIG-IP Next is not just straightforward to understand but also a breeze to implement.
Streamlined Operations and Automation
One of the standout features of BIG-IP Next is its ability to streamline day-to-day operations. With automation at its core, BIG-IP Next reduces the second spent on menial tasks, allowing IT teams to focus on what truly matters: keeping applications online and secure. The intuitive configuration templates (FAST) and declarative APIs (AS3) offer comprehensive dominion and complete automatability. This means your customers can deploy applications faster and with fewer errors, making the entire process perceive almost effortless.
Rapid and Effortless Software Upgrades
Gone are the days of lengthy and disruptive software upgrades. With BIG-IP Next, major
Explore BIG-IP Next
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Explore BIG-IP Next
F5 and WWT are partners in testing this next evolution of BIG-IP and providing valuable feedback that F5 is implementing to best serve our customers and make the update to BIG-IP Next seamless.
Once fully developed, BIG-IP Next will offer the same core suite of application services that existing BIG-IP users know and trust. With versatile deployment options—ranging from hardware and software to container-native environments—BIG-IP Next aligns with your application strategy and provides powerful application services wherever you need them.
BIG-IP Next Local Traffic Manager
The core of F5's next-gen application delivery software, BIG-IP Next Local Traffic Manager (LTM) optimizes and streamlines the management of network traffic, so applications are always available, secure, and reliable.
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BIG-IP Next Introduction
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An Introduction to F5 BIG-IP Next (Part 1 and 2)
Best Practices for Automation and Orchestration
Discover the Next-Generation of Application Access Security with F5 BIG-IP Next Access
Diving into SSL Orchestrator for BIG-IP Next
F5 BIG-IP Systems Migration: iSeries to rSeries and Viprion to VELOS
Migrate F5 BIG-IP Applications to F5 Distributed Cloud Services
Migration to F5 BIG-IP Next from Classic TMOS
Protecting Your Most Critical Web Applications with BIG-IP Next WAF
Securing Your APIs: A Journey to Full Discovery and Protection