CVE-2026-24464: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

When running in Appliance mode, a directory traversal vulnerability exists in an undisclosed iControl REST endpoint that may allow an authenticated attacker with administrator role privileges to cross a security boundary and delete files.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Affected products

  • F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.6; version 21.0.0 only; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.3; from 17.5.0, up to and including 17.5.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.6; version 21.0.0 only; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.3; from 17.5.0, up to and including 17.5.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall: from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.6; version 21.0.0 only; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.3; from 17.5.0, up to and including 17.5.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Analytics: from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.6; version 21.0.0 only; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.3; from 17.5.0, up to and including 17.5.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.6; version 21.0.0 only; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.3; from 17.5.0, up to and including 17.5.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.6; version 21.0.0 only; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.3; from 17.5.0, up to and including 17.5.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Visibility And Reporting: from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.6; version 21.0.0 only; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.3; from 17.5.0, up to and including 17.5.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Automation Toolchain: from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.6; version 21.0.0 only; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.3; from 17.5.0, up to and including 17.5.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Carrier-Grade Nat: from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.6; version 21.0.0 only; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.3; from 17.5.0, up to and including 17.5.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Container Ingress Services: from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.6; version 21.0.0 only; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.3; from 17.5.0, up to and including 17.5.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Ddos Hybrid Defender: from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.6; version 21.0.0 only; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.3; from 17.5.0, up to and including 17.5.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System: from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.6; version 21.0.0 only; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.3; from 17.5.0, up to and including 17.5.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Edge Gateway: from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.6; version 21.0.0 only; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.3; from 17.5.0, up to and including 17.5.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Fraud Protection Service: from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.6; version 21.0.0 only; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.3; from 17.5.0, up to and including 17.5.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.6; version 21.0.0 only; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.3; from 17.5.0, up to and including 17.5.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.6; version 21.0.0 only; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.3; from 17.5.0, up to and including 17.5.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.6; version 21.0.0 only; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.3; from 17.5.0, up to and including 17.5.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.6; version 21.0.0 only; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.3; from 17.5.0, up to and including 17.5.1
  • F5 BIG-IP SSL Orchestrator: from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.6; version 21.0.0 only; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.3; from 17.5.0, up to and including 17.5.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Webaccelerator: from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.6; version 21.0.0 only; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.3; from 17.5.0, up to and including 17.5.1
  • F5 BIG-IP Websafe: from 16.1.0, up to and including 16.1.6; version 21.0.0 only; from 17.1.0, up to and including 17.1.3; from 17.5.0, up to and including 17.5.1

Published 2026-05-13. Last modified 2026-06-29.