CVE-2016-9250: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In F5 BIG-IP 11.2.1, 11.4.0 through 11.6.1, and 12.0.0 through 12.1.2, an unauthenticated user with access to the control plane may be able to delete arbitrary files through an undisclosed mechanism.

Affected products

  • F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: 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 Advanced Firewall Manager: 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 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 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 Domain Name System: version 12.0.0 only; version 12.1.0 only; version 12.1.1 only; version 12.1.2 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Edge Gateway: version 11.2.1 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: 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 Link Controller: 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 Local Traffic Manager: 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 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 11.4.0 only; version 11.4.1 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Webaccelerator: version 11.2.1 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; version 12.1.1 only; version 12.1.2 only

Published 2017-05-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.