On BIG-IP 14.0.0-14.1.0.1, 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, Administrator and Resource Administrator rol…

published 2019-05-03 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-16174

cvss: 4.9; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits: 0; none known

On BIG-IP 14.0.0-14.1.0.1, 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, Administrator and Resource Administrator roles might exploit TMSH access to bypass Appliance Mode restrictions on BIG-IP systems.

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, 14.1.0.2
f5 big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5, 14.1.0.2
f5 big-ip_application_acceleration_manager 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5, 14.1.0.2
f5 big-ip_link_controller 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5, 14.1.0.2
f5 big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5, 14.1.0.2
f5 big-ip_webaccelerator 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5, 14.1.0.2
f5 big-ip_application_security_manager 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5, 14.1.0.2
f5 big-ip_local_traffic_manager 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5, 14.1.0.2
f5 big-ip_websafe 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5, 14.1.0.2
f5 big-ip_global_traffic_manager 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5, 14.1.0.2
f5 big-ip_analytics 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5, 14.1.0.2
f5 big-ip_edge_gateway 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5, 14.1.0.2
f5 big-ip_domain_name_system 11.5.9, 11.6.4, 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.5, 14.1.0.2

Exploit prediction

1.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

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

References

support.f5.com /csp/article/K87659521
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/108189
vdb-entry, broken-link, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-6615
NVD CVE-2019-6615

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Summary