CVE-2020-5917: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. EPSS: 0.5% 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, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.2 and BIG-IQ versions 5.2.0-7.0.0, the host OpenSSH servers utilize keys of less than 2048 bits which are no longer considered secure.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 11.6.1, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); 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, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); 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, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); 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, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); 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, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); 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, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); 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, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); 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, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); 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, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); 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, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); 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, up to and including 11.6.5; from 12.1.0, before 12.1.5.2 (fixed in 12.1.5.2); from 13.1.0, up to and including 13.1.3; from 14.1.0, before 14.1.2.4 (fixed in 14.1.2.4); 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-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; version 7.0.0 only

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