CVE-2020-5888: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

On versions 15.1.0-15.1.0.1, 15.0.0-15.0.1.2, and 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) may expose a mechanism for adjacent network (layer 2) attackers to access local daemons and bypass port lockdown settings.

Affected products

  • F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 14.0.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.3 (fixed in 15.0.1.3); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.2 (fixed in 15.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.3 (fixed in 15.0.1.3); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.2 (fixed in 15.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Analytics: from 14.0.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.3 (fixed in 15.0.1.3); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.2 (fixed in 15.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.3 (fixed in 15.0.1.3); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.2 (fixed in 15.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 14.0.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.3 (fixed in 15.0.1.3); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.2 (fixed in 15.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System: from 14.0.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.3 (fixed in 15.0.1.3); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.2 (fixed in 15.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Fraud Protection Service: from 14.0.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.3 (fixed in 15.0.1.3); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.2 (fixed in 15.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: from 14.0.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.3 (fixed in 15.0.1.3); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.2 (fixed in 15.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 14.0.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.3 (fixed in 15.0.1.3); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.2 (fixed in 15.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.3 (fixed in 15.0.1.3); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.2 (fixed in 15.1.0.2)
  • F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: from 14.0.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.3 (fixed in 15.0.1.3); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.2 (fixed in 15.1.0.2)

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