CVE-2019-6614: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

On BIG-IP 14.0.0-14.1.0.1, 13.0.0-13.1.1.4, and 12.1.0-12.1.4, internal methods used to prevent arbitrary file overwrites in Appliance Mode were not fully effective. An authenticated attacker with a high privilege level may be able to bypass protections implemented in appliance mode to overwrite arbitrary system files.

Affected products

  • F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 12.1.0, before 12.1.4.1 (fixed in 12.1.4.1); from 13.0.0, before 13.1.1.5 (fixed in 13.1.1.5); from 14.0.0, before 14.1.0.2 (fixed in 14.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 12.1.0, before 12.1.4.1 (fixed in 12.1.4.1); from 13.0.0, before 13.1.1.5 (fixed in 13.1.1.5); from 14.0.0, before 14.1.0.2 (fixed in 14.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Analytics: from 12.1.0, before 12.1.4.1 (fixed in 12.1.4.1); from 13.0.0, before 13.1.1.5 (fixed in 13.1.1.5); from 14.0.0, before 14.1.0.2 (fixed in 14.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: from 12.1.0, before 12.1.4.1 (fixed in 12.1.4.1); from 13.0.0, before 13.1.1.5 (fixed in 13.1.1.5); from 14.0.0, before 14.1.0.2 (fixed in 14.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 12.1.0, before 12.1.4.1 (fixed in 12.1.4.1); from 13.0.0, before 13.1.1.5 (fixed in 13.1.1.5); from 14.0.0, before 14.1.0.2 (fixed in 14.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System: from 12.1.0, before 12.1.4.1 (fixed in 12.1.4.1); from 13.0.0, before 13.1.1.5 (fixed in 13.1.1.5); from 14.0.0, before 14.1.0.2 (fixed in 14.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Edge Gateway: from 12.1.0, before 12.1.4.1 (fixed in 12.1.4.1); from 13.0.0, before 13.1.1.5 (fixed in 13.1.1.5); from 14.0.0, before 14.1.0.2 (fixed in 14.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Fraud Protection Service: from 12.1.0, before 12.1.4.1 (fixed in 12.1.4.1); from 13.0.0, before 13.1.1.5 (fixed in 13.1.1.5); from 14.0.0, before 14.1.0.2 (fixed in 14.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: from 12.1.0, before 12.1.4.1 (fixed in 12.1.4.1); from 13.0.0, before 13.1.1.5 (fixed in 13.1.1.5); from 14.0.0, before 14.1.0.2 (fixed in 14.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 12.1.0, before 12.1.4.1 (fixed in 12.1.4.1); from 13.0.0, before 13.1.1.5 (fixed in 13.1.1.5); from 14.0.0, before 14.1.0.2 (fixed in 14.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 12.1.0, before 12.1.4.1 (fixed in 12.1.4.1); from 13.0.0, before 13.1.1.5 (fixed in 13.1.1.5); from 14.0.0, before 14.1.0.2 (fixed in 14.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: from 12.1.0, before 12.1.4.1 (fixed in 12.1.4.1); from 13.0.0, before 13.1.1.5 (fixed in 13.1.1.5); from 14.0.0, before 14.1.0.2 (fixed in 14.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Webaccelerator: from 12.1.0, before 12.1.4.1 (fixed in 12.1.4.1); from 13.0.0, before 13.1.1.5 (fixed in 13.1.1.5); from 14.0.0, before 14.1.0.2 (fixed in 14.1.0.2)

Published 2019-05-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.