CVE-2020-5916

mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.005 · 45 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.53% (45th) EPSS

CVSS 4 · medium

Is it mine?

27 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 2.9

v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.3 · impact 4

v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USprimary

affected products (27)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a BIG-IP≤ 15.1.0-15.1.0.4, 15.0.0-15.0.1.3enisa_euvdEU
f5 big-ip access policy manager15.0.0 → 15.0.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip access policy manager15.1.0 → 15.1.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager15.0.0 → 15.0.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager15.1.0 → 15.1.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip analytics15.0.0 → 15.0.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip analytics15.1.0 → 15.1.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip application acceleration manager15.0.0 → 15.0.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip application acceleration manager15.1.0 → 15.1.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip application security manager15.0.0 → 15.0.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip application security manager15.1.0 → 15.1.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip ddos hybrid defender15.0.0 → 15.0.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_ddos_hybrid_defender:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip ddos hybrid defender15.1.0 → 15.1.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_ddos_hybrid_defender:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip domain name system15.0.0 → 15.0.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip domain name system15.1.0 → 15.1.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip fraud protection service15.0.0 → 15.0.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip fraud protection service15.1.0 → 15.1.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip global traffic manager15.0.0 → 15.0.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip global traffic manager15.1.0 → 15.1.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip link controller15.0.0 → 15.0.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-08-26modified 2026-06-17

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