CVE-2020-5912: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In BIG-IP versions 15.1.0-15.1.0.4, 15.0.0-15.0.1.3, 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, the restjavad process's dump command does not follow current best coding practices and may overwrite arbitrary files.

Affected products

  • F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 11.6.1, before 11.6.5.2 (fixed in 11.6.5.2); from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.4 (fixed in 13.1.3.4); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.5 (fixed in 14.1.2.5); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.4 (fixed in 15.0.1.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.5 (fixed in 15.1.0.5)
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 11.6.1, before 11.6.5.2 (fixed in 11.6.5.2); from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.4 (fixed in 13.1.3.4); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.5 (fixed in 14.1.2.5); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.4 (fixed in 15.0.1.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.5 (fixed in 15.1.0.5)
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall: from 11.6.1, before 11.6.5.2 (fixed in 11.6.5.2); from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.4 (fixed in 13.1.3.4); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.5 (fixed in 14.1.2.5); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.4 (fixed in 15.0.1.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.5 (fixed in 15.1.0.5)
  • F5 BIG-IP Analytics: from 11.6.1, before 11.6.5.2 (fixed in 11.6.5.2); from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.4 (fixed in 13.1.3.4); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.5 (fixed in 14.1.2.5); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.4 (fixed in 15.0.1.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.5 (fixed in 15.1.0.5)
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: from 11.6.1, before 11.6.5.2 (fixed in 11.6.5.2); from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.4 (fixed in 13.1.3.4); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.5 (fixed in 14.1.2.5); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.4 (fixed in 15.0.1.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.5 (fixed in 15.1.0.5)
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 11.6.1, before 11.6.5.2 (fixed in 11.6.5.2); from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.4 (fixed in 13.1.3.4); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.5 (fixed in 14.1.2.5); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.4 (fixed in 15.0.1.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.5 (fixed in 15.1.0.5)
  • F5 BIG-IP Ddos Hybrid Defender: from 11.6.1, before 11.6.5.2 (fixed in 11.6.5.2); from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.4 (fixed in 13.1.3.4); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.5 (fixed in 14.1.2.5); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.4 (fixed in 15.0.1.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.5 (fixed in 15.1.0.5)
  • F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System: from 11.6.1, before 11.6.5.2 (fixed in 11.6.5.2); from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.4 (fixed in 13.1.3.4); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.5 (fixed in 14.1.2.5); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.4 (fixed in 15.0.1.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.5 (fixed in 15.1.0.5)
  • F5 BIG-IP Fraud Protection Service: from 11.6.1, before 11.6.5.2 (fixed in 11.6.5.2); from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.4 (fixed in 13.1.3.4); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.5 (fixed in 14.1.2.5); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.4 (fixed in 15.0.1.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.5 (fixed in 15.1.0.5)
  • F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: from 11.6.1, before 11.6.5.2 (fixed in 11.6.5.2); from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.4 (fixed in 13.1.3.4); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.5 (fixed in 14.1.2.5); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.4 (fixed in 15.0.1.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.5 (fixed in 15.1.0.5)
  • F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 11.6.1, before 11.6.5.2 (fixed in 11.6.5.2); from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.4 (fixed in 13.1.3.4); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.5 (fixed in 14.1.2.5); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.4 (fixed in 15.0.1.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.5 (fixed in 15.1.0.5)
  • F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 11.6.1, before 11.6.5.2 (fixed in 11.6.5.2); from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.4 (fixed in 13.1.3.4); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.5 (fixed in 14.1.2.5); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.4 (fixed in 15.0.1.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.5 (fixed in 15.1.0.5)
  • F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: from 11.6.1, before 11.6.5.2 (fixed in 11.6.5.2); from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.4 (fixed in 13.1.3.4); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.5 (fixed in 14.1.2.5); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.4 (fixed in 15.0.1.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.5 (fixed in 15.1.0.5)
  • F5 SSL Orchestrator: from 11.6.1, before 11.6.5.2 (fixed in 11.6.5.2); from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, before 13.1.3.4 (fixed in 13.1.3.4); from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.5 (fixed in 14.1.2.5); from 15.0.0, before 15.0.1.4 (fixed in 15.0.1.4); from 15.1.0, before 15.1.0.5 (fixed in 15.1.0.5)

Published 2020-08-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.