CVE-2016-5020: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

F5 BIG-IP before 12.0.0 HF3 allows remote authenticated users to modify the account configuration of users with the Resource Administration role and gain privilege via a crafted external Extended Application Verification (EAV) monitor script.

Affected products

  • F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: version 11.6.0 only; version 10.2.1 only; version 10.2.2 only; version 10.2.3 only; version 10.2.4 only; version 11.2.1 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall 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 Analytics: version 11.2.1 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 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 10.2.1 only; version 10.2.2 only; version 10.2.3 only; version 10.2.4 only; version 11.2.1 only; version 11.4.0 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System: version 12.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Edge Gateway: version 10.2.1 only; version 10.2.2 only; version 10.2.3 only; version 10.2.4 only; version 11.2.1 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: version 10.2.1 only; version 10.2.2 only; version 10.2.3 only; version 10.2.4 only; version 11.2.1 only; version 11.4.0 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: version 10.2.1 only; version 10.2.2 only; version 10.2.3 only; version 10.2.4 only; version 11.2.1 only; version 11.4.0 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: version 10.2.1 only; version 10.2.2 only; version 10.2.3 only; version 10.2.4 only; version 11.2.1 only; version 11.4.0 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement 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 Protocol Security Module: version 10.2.1 only; version 10.2.2 only; version 10.2.3 only; version 10.2.4 only; version 11.4.0 only; version 11.4.1 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP WAN Optimization Manager: version 10.2.1 only; version 10.2.2 only; version 10.2.3 only; version 10.2.4 only; version 11.2.1 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Webaccelerator: version 10.2.1 only; version 10.2.2 only; version 10.2.3 only; version 10.2.4 only; version 11.2.1 only

Published 2016-06-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.