CVE-2020-5916 Path traversal in BIG-IP
Privileged users can read arbitrary files outside the web root in BIG-IP, exposing sensitive system data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-5916?
CVE-2020-5916 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 26 Aug 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In BIG-IP versions 15.1.0-15.1.0.4 and 15.0.0-15.0.1.3 the Certificate Administrator user role and higher privileged roles can perform arbitrary file reads outside of the web root directory.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5916?
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 Ddos Hybrid Defender and 7 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-5916?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5916 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2020-5916 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5916 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-r8qr-9pg9-x57w.