CVE-2020-27727: 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 version 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.3, and 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, when an authenticated administrative user installs RPMs using the iAppsLX REST installer, the BIG-IP system does not sufficiently validate user input, allowing the user read access to the filesystem.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.5 (fixed in 13.1.3.5); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.3.1 (fixed in 14.1.3.1); from 15.0.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1.1 (fixed in 16.0.1.1)
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.5 (fixed in 13.1.3.5); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.3.1 (fixed in 14.1.3.1); from 15.0.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1.1 (fixed in 16.0.1.1)
F5 BIG-IP Analytics: from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.5 (fixed in 13.1.3.5); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.3.1 (fixed in 14.1.3.1); from 15.0.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1.1 (fixed in 16.0.1.1)
F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.5 (fixed in 13.1.3.5); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.3.1 (fixed in 14.1.3.1); from 15.0.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1.1 (fixed in 16.0.1.1)
F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.5 (fixed in 13.1.3.5); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.3.1 (fixed in 14.1.3.1); from 15.0.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1.1 (fixed in 16.0.1.1)
F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System: from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.5 (fixed in 13.1.3.5); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.3.1 (fixed in 14.1.3.1); from 15.0.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1.1 (fixed in 16.0.1.1)
F5 BIG-IP Fraud Protection Service: from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.5 (fixed in 13.1.3.5); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.3.1 (fixed in 14.1.3.1); from 15.0.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1.1 (fixed in 16.0.1.1)
F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.5 (fixed in 13.1.3.5); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.3.1 (fixed in 14.1.3.1); from 15.0.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1.1 (fixed in 16.0.1.1)
F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.5 (fixed in 13.1.3.5); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.3.1 (fixed in 14.1.3.1); from 15.0.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1.1 (fixed in 16.0.1.1)
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.5 (fixed in 13.1.3.5); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.3.1 (fixed in 14.1.3.1); from 15.0.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1.1 (fixed in 16.0.1.1)
F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.5 (fixed in 13.1.3.5); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.3.1 (fixed in 14.1.3.1); from 15.0.0, before 15.1.1 (fixed in 15.1.1); from 16.0.0, before 16.0.1.1 (fixed in 16.0.1.1)

Published 2020-12-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.