CVE-2019-19151: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

On BIG-IP versions 15.0.0-15.1.0, 14.0.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.2, 12.1.0-12.1.5, and 11.5.2-11.6.5.1, BIG-IQ versions 7.0.0, 6.0.0-6.1.0, and 5.0.0-5.4.0, iWorkflow version 2.3.0, and Enterprise Manager version 3.1.1, authenticated users granted TMOS Shell (tmsh) privileges are able access objects on the file system which would normally be disallowed by tmsh restrictions. This allows for authenticated, low privileged attackers to access objects on the file system which would not normally be allowed.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 11.5.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 11.5.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
F5 BIG-IP Analytics: from 11.5.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: from 11.5.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 11.5.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System: from 11.5.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
F5 BIG-IP Edge Gateway: from 11.5.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
F5 BIG-IP Fraud Protection Service: from 11.5.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: from 11.5.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 11.5.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 11.5.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: from 11.5.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
F5 BIG-IP Webaccelerator: from 11.5.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management: from 5.0.0, up to and including 5.4.0; from 6.0.0, up to and including 6.1.0; version 7.0.0 only
F5 Enterprise Manager: version 3.1.1 only
F5 Iworkflow: version 2.3.0 only

Published 2019-12-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.