CVE-2016-6249: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

F5 BIG-IP 12.0.0 and 11.5.0 - 11.6.1 REST requests which timeout during user account authentication may log sensitive attributes such as passwords in plaintext to /var/log/restjavad.0.log. It may allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.

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 Analytics: 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 Domain Name System: version 12.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Global 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 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 11.5.0 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; …

Published 2017-02-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.