CVE-2015-8022: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Configuration utility in F5 BIG-IP LTM, Analytics, APM, ASM, GTM, and Link Controller 11.x before 11.2.1 HF16, 11.3.x, 11.4.x before 11.4.1 HF10, 11.5.x before 11.5.4, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1; BIG-IP AAM 11.4.x before 11.4.1 HF10, 11.5.x before 11.5.4, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1; BIG-IP AFM and PEM 11.3.x, 11.4.x before 11.4.1 HF10, 11.5.x before 11.5.4, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1; BIG-IP Edge Gateway, WebAccelerator, and WOM 11.x before 11.2.1 HF16 and 11.3.0; and BIG-IP PSM 11.x before 11.2.1 HF16, 11.3.x, and 11.4.x before 11.4.1 HF10 allows remote authenticated users with certain permissions to gain privileges by leveraging an Access Policy Manager customization configuration section that allows file uploads.

Affected products

  • F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: version 11.0.0 only; version 11.1.0 only; version 11.2.0 only; version 11.2.1 only; version 11.3.0 only; version 11.4.0 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: version 11.3.0 only; version 11.4.0 only; version 11.4.1 only; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Analytics: version 11.0.0 only; version 11.1.0 only; version 11.2.0 only; version 11.2.1 only; version 11.3.0 only; version 11.4.0 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: version 11.4.0 only; version 11.4.1 only; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: version 11.0.0 only; version 11.1.0 only; version 11.2.0 only; version 11.2.1 only; version 11.3.0 only; version 11.4.0 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Edge Gateway: version 11.0.0 only; version 11.1.0 only; version 11.2.0 only; version 11.2.1 only; version 11.3.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: version 11.0.0 only; version 11.1.0 only; version 11.2.0 only; version 11.2.1 only; version 11.3.0 only; version 11.4.0 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: version 11.0.0 only; version 11.1.0 only; version 11.2.0 only; version 11.2.1 only; version 11.3.0 only; version 11.4.0 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: version 11.0.0 only; version 11.1.0 only; version 11.2.0 only; version 11.2.1 only; version 11.3.0 only; version 11.4.0 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: version 11.3.0 only; version 11.4.0 only; version 11.4.1 only; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Protocol Security Module: version 11.0.0 only; version 11.1.0 only; version 11.2.0 only; version 11.2.1 only; version 11.3.0 only; version 11.4.0 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP WAN Optimization Manager: version 11.0.0 only; version 11.1.0 only; version 11.2.0 only; version 11.2.1 only; version 11.3.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Webaccelerator: version 11.0.0 only; version 11.1.0 only; version 11.2.0 only; version 11.2.1 only; version 11.3.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Websafe: version 11.6.0 only

Published 2016-08-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.