CVE-2017-6148: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Responses to SOCKS proxy requests made through F5 BIG-IP version 13.0.0, 12.0.0-12.1.3.1, 11.6.1-11.6.2, or 11.5.1-11.5.5 may cause a disruption of services provided by TMM. The data plane is impacted and exposed only when a SOCKS proxy profile is attached to a Virtual Server. The control plane is not impacted by this vulnerability.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 11.5.1, up to and including 11.5.5; from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.2; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.3; version 13.0.0 only
• F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 11.5.1, up to and including 11.5.5; from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.2; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.3; version 13.0.0 only
• F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: from 11.5.1, up to and including 11.5.5; from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.2; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.3; version 13.0.0 only
• F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 11.5.1, up to and including 11.5.5; from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.2; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.3; version 13.0.0 only
• F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 11.5.1, up to and including 11.5.5; from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.2; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.3; version 13.0.0 only
• F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 11.5.1, up to and including 11.5.5; from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.2; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.3; version 13.0.0 only
• F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: from 11.5.1, up to and including 11.5.5; from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.2; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.3; version 13.0.0 only
• F5 BIG-IP Websafe: from 11.5.1, up to and including 11.5.5; from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.2; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.3; version 13.0.0 only

Published 2018-04-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.