CVE-2019-6646
mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.015 · 74 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.51% (74th) EPSS
CVSS 6.5 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
On BIG-IP 11.5.2-11.6.4 and Enterprise Manager 3.1.1, REST users with guest privileges may be able to escalate their privileges and run commands with admin privileges.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
8.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8
v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
CWE-266USLLM-inferred
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affected products (28)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- f5 big-ip access policy manager11.5.2 → 11.6.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip access policy manager= 12.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager11.5.2 → 11.6.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager= 12.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip application acceleration manager11.5.2 → 11.6.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip application acceleration manager= 12.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip application security manager11.5.2 → 11.6.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip application security manager= 12.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip domain name system11.5.2 → 11.6.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip fraud protection service11.5.2 → 11.6.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip fraud protection service= 12.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip global traffic manager11.5.2 → 11.6.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip global traffic manager= 12.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6646cnnvd
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K53990093cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/F5-BIG-IP-privilege-escalation-via-iControl-REST-29992cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.3053/cnnvd
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K53990093enisa_euvd
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K53990093Vendor Advisorynvd
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