CVE-2018-15333: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

On versions 11.2.1. and greater, unrestricted Snapshot File Access allows BIG-IP system's user with any role, including Guest Role, to have access and download previously generated and available snapshot files on the BIG-IP configuration utility such as QKView and TCPDumps.

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 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0
  • 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 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0
  • F5 BIG-IP Analytics: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0
  • 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 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0
  • 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 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0
  • 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 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0
  • F5 BIG-IP Edge Gateway: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0
  • 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 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0
  • 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 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0
  • F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0
  • 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 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0
  • 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 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0
  • F5 BIG-IP Webaccelerator: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0

Published 2018-12-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.