CVE-2018-5525: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A local file vulnerability exists in the F5 BIG-IP Configuration utility on versions 13.0.0, 12.1.0-12.1.2, 11.6.1-11.6.3.1, 11.5.1-11.5.5, or 11.2.1 that exposes files containing F5-provided data only and do not include any configuration data, proxied traffic, or other potentially sensitive customer data.

Affected products

  • F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.5.5; from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.3 (fixed in 12.1.3); version 13.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.5.5; from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.3 (fixed in 12.1.3); version 13.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Analytics: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.5.5; from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.3 (fixed in 12.1.3); from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.0.4; version 13.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.5.5; from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.3 (fixed in 12.1.3); version 13.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.5.5; from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.3 (fixed in 12.1.3); version 13.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.5.5; from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.3 (fixed in 12.1.3); version 13.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Edge Gateway: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.5.5; from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.3 (fixed in 12.1.3); version 13.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Fraud Protection Service: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.5.5; from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.3 (fixed in 12.1.3); version 13.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.5.5; from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.3 (fixed in 12.1.3); version 13.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.5.5; from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.3 (fixed in 12.1.3); version 13.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.5.5; from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.3 (fixed in 12.1.3); version 13.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.5.5; from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.3 (fixed in 12.1.3); version 13.0.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Webaccelerator: from 11.2.1, up to and including 11.5.5; from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.3; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.3 (fixed in 12.1.3); version 13.0.0 only

Published 2018-06-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.