CVE-2019-6644: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Critical severity, CVSS 9.4. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Similar to the issue identified in CVE-2018-12120, on versions 14.1.0-14.1.0.5, 14.0.0-14.0.0.4, 13.0.0-13.1.2, and 12.1.0-12.1.4 BIG-IP will bind a debug nodejs process to all interfaces when invoked. This may expose the process to unauthorized users if the plugin is left in debug mode and the port is accessible.

Affected products

  • F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 12.1.3, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.2; version 14.0.0 only; version 14.1.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 12.1.3, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.2; version 14.0.0 only; version 14.1.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Analytics: from 12.1.3, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.2; version 14.0.0 only; version 14.1.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: from 12.1.3, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.2; version 14.0.0 only; version 14.1.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 12.1.3, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.2; version 14.0.0 only; version 14.1.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System: from 12.1.3, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.2; version 14.0.0 only; version 14.1.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Edge Gateway: from 12.1.3, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.2; version 14.0.0 only; version 14.1.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Fraud Protection Service: from 12.1.3, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.2; version 14.0.0 only; version 14.1.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: from 12.1.3, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.2; version 14.0.0 only; version 14.1.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 12.1.3, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.2; version 14.0.0 only; version 14.1.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 12.1.3, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.2; version 14.0.0 only; version 14.1.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: from 12.1.3, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.2; version 14.0.0 only; version 14.1.0 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Webaccelerator: from 12.1.3, up to and including 12.1.4; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.1.2; version 14.0.0 only; version 14.1.0 only

Published 2019-09-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.