CVE-2019-6618: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.9% 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, users with the Resource Administrator role can modify sensitive portions of the filesystem if provided Advanced Shell Access, such as editing /etc/passwd. This allows modifications to user objects and is contrary to our definition for the Resource Administrator (RA) role restrictions.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 11.5.2, up to and including 11.5.8; from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 11.5.2, up to and including 11.5.8; from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Analytics: from 11.5.2, up to and including 11.5.8; from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: from 11.5.2, up to and including 11.5.8; from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 11.5.2, up to and including 11.5.8; from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System: from 11.5.2, up to and including 11.5.8; from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Edge Gateway: from 11.5.2, up to and including 11.5.8; from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Fraud Protection Service: from 11.5.2, up to and including 11.5.8; from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: from 11.5.2, up to and including 11.5.8; from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 11.5.2, up to and including 11.5.8; from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 11.5.2, up to and including 11.5.8; from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: from 11.5.2, up to and including 11.5.8; from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Webaccelerator: from 11.5.2, up to and including 11.5.8; from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0, up to and including 14.1.0.1

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