CVE-2016-4545: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Virtual servers in F5 BIG-IP 11.5.4, when SSL profiles are enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and Traffic Management Microkernel restart) via an SSL alert during the handshake.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: version 11.5.4 only
• F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: version 11.5.4 only
• F5 BIG-IP Analytics: version 11.5.4 only
• F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: version 11.5.4 only
• F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: version 11.5.4 only
• F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: version 11.5.4 only
• F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: version 11.5.4 only
• F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: version 11.5.4 only
• F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: version 11.5.4 only

Published 2016-06-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.