CVE-2019-6617: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 2.2% 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, 12.1.0-12.1.4, 11.6.1-11.6.3.4, and 11.5.2-11.5.8, a user with the Resource Administrator role is able to overwrite sensitive low-level files (such as /etc/passwd) using SFTP to modify user permissions, without Advanced Shell access. This is contrary to our definition for the Resource Administrator (RA) role restrictions.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 11.5.2, before 11.5.9 (fixed in 11.5.9); from 11.6.1, before 11.6.4 (fixed in 11.6.4); 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 11.5.2, before 11.5.9 (fixed in 11.5.9); from 11.6.1, before 11.6.4 (fixed in 11.6.4); 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 11.5.2, before 11.5.9 (fixed in 11.5.9); from 11.6.1, before 11.6.4 (fixed in 11.6.4); 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 11.5.2, before 11.5.9 (fixed in 11.5.9); from 11.6.1, before 11.6.4 (fixed in 11.6.4); 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 11.5.2, before 11.5.9 (fixed in 11.5.9); from 11.6.1, before 11.6.4 (fixed in 11.6.4); 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 11.5.2, before 11.5.9 (fixed in 11.5.9); from 11.6.1, before 11.6.4 (fixed in 11.6.4); 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 11.5.2, before 11.5.9 (fixed in 11.5.9); from 11.6.1, before 11.6.4 (fixed in 11.6.4); 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 11.5.2, before 11.5.9 (fixed in 11.5.9); from 11.6.1, before 11.6.4 (fixed in 11.6.4); 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 11.5.2, before 11.5.9 (fixed in 11.5.9); from 11.6.1, before 11.6.4 (fixed in 11.6.4); 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 11.5.2, before 11.5.9 (fixed in 11.5.9); from 11.6.1, before 11.6.4 (fixed in 11.6.4); 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 11.5.2, before 11.5.9 (fixed in 11.5.9); from 11.6.1, before 11.6.4 (fixed in 11.6.4); 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 11.5.2, before 11.5.9 (fixed in 11.5.9); from 11.6.1, before 11.6.4 (fixed in 11.6.4); 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 11.5.2, before 11.5.9 (fixed in 11.5.9); from 11.6.1, before 11.6.4 (fixed in 11.6.4); 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.