On BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.1.4, 12.1.0-12.1.4, 11.6.1-11.6.3.4, and 11.5.2-11.5.8, SNMP may expose sensitive configuration objects over insecure…

published 2019-05-03 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-16172

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
public exploits: 0; none known

On BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.1.4, 12.1.0-12.1.4, 11.6.1-11.6.3.4, and 11.5.2-11.5.8, SNMP may expose sensitive configuration objects over insecure transmission channels. This issue is exposed when a passphrase is used with various profile types and is accessed using SNMPv2.

Patch / fix

fixed in 13

f5 big-ip_access_policy_manager 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5
f5 big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5
f5 big-ip_application_acceleration_manager 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5
f5 big-ip_link_controller 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5
f5 big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5
f5 big-ip_webaccelerator 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5
f5 big-ip_application_security_manager 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5
f5 big-ip_local_traffic_manager 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5
f5 big-ip_fraud_protection_service 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5
f5 big-ip_global_traffic_manager 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5
f5 big-ip_analytics 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5
f5 big-ip_edge_gateway 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5
f5 big-ip_domain_name_system 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5

Exploit prediction

0.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, FPS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

support.f5.com /csp/article/K27400151
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/108183
vdb-entry, broken-link, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-6613
NVD CVE-2019-6613

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Summary