CVE-2020-5892
mediumpriority · track · 27OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 23 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.30% (23rd) EPSS
CVSS 4.6 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
In versions 7.1.5-7.1.8, the BIG-IP Edge Client components in BIG-IP APM, Edge Gateway, and FirePass legacy allow attackers to obtain the full session ID from process memory.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
6.7
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
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affected products (12)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- f5 big-ip access policy manager11.6.1 → 11.6.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip access policy manager12.1.0 → 12.1.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip access policy manager13.0.0 → 13.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip access policy manager14.0.0 → 14.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip access policy manager15.0.0 → 15.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip access policy manager client7.1.5 → 7.1.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5892cnnvd
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K15838353cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/F5-BIG-IP-APM-Edge-privilege-escalation-via-Edge-Client-33939cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.1560/cnnvd
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K15838353enisa_euvd
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K15838353Vendor Advisorynvd
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