CVE-2019-6633 Security feature bypass in BIG-IP
Administrators can bypass Appliance mode restrictions on F5 BIG-IP devices, undermining security controls intended to limit configuration changes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-6633?
CVE-2019-6633 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 3 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
On BIG-IP 14.1.0-14.1.0.5, 14.0.0-14.0.0.4, 13.0.0-13.1.1.4, 12.1.0-12.1.4.1, and 11.5.1-11.6.4, when the BIG-IP system is licensed with Appliance mode, user accounts with Administrator and Resource Administrator roles can bypass Appliance mode restrictions.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-6633?
It affects 13 products.
Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, F5 Big-Ip Analytics, F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager, F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager, F5 Big-Ip Domain Name System and 7 more.
How do I fix CVE-2019-6633?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-6633 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-6633 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-6633 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
- CVE-2023-46747 F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP Missing Authentication
- CVE-2021-22986 F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-22991 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2020-5902 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-35f2-9wmf-3qfm.