CVE-2020-5907: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

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

In BIG-IP versions 15.0.0-15.1.0.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, an authorized user provided with access only to the TMOS Shell (tmsh) may be able to conduct arbitrary file read/writes via the built-in sftp functionality.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 11.5.2, 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; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
• F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 11.5.2, 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; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
• F5 BIG-IP Analytics: from 11.5.2, 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; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
• F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: from 11.5.2, 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; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
• F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 11.5.2, 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; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
• F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System: from 11.5.2, 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; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
• F5 BIG-IP Fraud Protection Service: from 11.5.2, 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; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
• 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; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
• F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 11.5.2, 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; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
• F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 11.5.2, 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; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0
• F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: from 11.5.2, 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; from 14.1.0, up to and including 14.1.2; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.1.0

Published 2020-07-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.