CVE-2017-6157: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM and Websafe software version 12.0.0 to 12.1.1, 11.6.0 to 11.6.1, 11.5.0 - 11.5.4, virtual servers with a configuration using the HTTP Explicit Proxy functionality and/or SOCKS profile are vulnerable to an unauthenticated, remote attack that allows modification of BIG-IP system configuration, extraction of sensitive system files, and/or possible remote command execution on the BIG-IP system.

Affected products

  • F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 11.5.0, up to and including 11.5.4; 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
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 11.5.0, up to and including 11.5.4; 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
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: from 11.5.0, up to and including 11.5.4; 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
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 11.5.0, up to and including 11.5.4; 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
  • F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 11.5.0, up to and including 11.5.4; 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
  • F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 11.5.0, up to and including 11.5.4; 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
  • F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: from 11.5.0, up to and including 11.5.4; 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
  • 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

Published 2017-10-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.