CVE-2016-5700: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 6.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Virtual servers in F5 BIG-IP systems 11.5.0, 11.5.1 before HF11, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4 before HF2, 11.6.0 before HF8, 11.6.1 before HF1, 12.0.0 before HF4, and 12.1.0 before HF2, when configured with the HTTP Explicit Proxy functionality or SOCKS profile, allow remote attackers to modify the system configuration, read system files, and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; version 11.5.4 only; version 11.6.0 only; …
• F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; version 11.5.4 only; version 11.6.0 only; …
• F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; version 11.5.4 only; version 11.6.0 only; …
• F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; version 11.5.4 only; version 11.6.0 only; …
• F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; version 11.5.4 only; version 11.6.0 only; …
• F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; version 11.5.4 only; version 11.6.0 only; …
• F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; version 11.5.4 only; version 11.6.0 only; …
• F5 BIG-IP Websafe: version 11.6.0 only; version 11.6.1 only; version 12.0.0 only; version 12.1.0 only

Published 2016-10-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.