CVE-2020-5873: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

On BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1, 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.1, 12.1.0-12.1.5, and 11.6.1-11.6.5 and BIG-IQ 5.2.0-7.1.0, a user associated with the Resource Administrator role who has access to the secure copy (scp) utility but does not have access to Advanced Shell (bash) can execute arbitrary commands using a maliciously crafted scp request.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Analytics: from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System: from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Fraud Protection Service: from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.0.1
F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.5; from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3.1; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2.3; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.0.1
F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management: from 5.2.0, up to and including 5.4.0; from 6.0.0, up to and including 6.1.0; from 7.0.0, up to and including 7.1.0

Published 2020-04-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.