CVE-2018-15328: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

On BIG-IP 14.0.x, 13.x, 12.x, and 11.x, Enterprise Manager 3.1.1, BIG-IQ 6.x, 5.x, and 4.x, and iWorkflow 2.x, the passphrases for SNMPv3 users and trap destinations that are used for authentication and privacy are not handled by the BIG-IP system Secure Vault feature; they are written in the clear to the various configuration files.

Affected products

  • F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.3; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; version 14.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.3; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; version 14.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Analytics: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.3; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; version 14.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.3; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; version 14.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.3; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; version 14.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.3; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; version 14.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Edge Gateway: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.3; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; version 14.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Fraud Protection Service: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.3; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; version 14.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.3; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; version 14.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.3; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; version 14.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.3; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; version 14.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.3; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; version 14.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Webaccelerator: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.3; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; version 14.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management: from 5.0.0, up to and including 5.4.0; from 6.0.0, up to and including 6.0.1; version 4.6.0 only
  • F5 Enterprise Manager: version 3.1.1 only
  • F5 Iworkflow: from 2.2.0, up to and including 2.3.0

Published 2018-12-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.