CVE-2016-2084

Severity: high (CVSS 7.4 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-04-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

F5 BIG-IP LTM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, Link Controller, and PEM 11.3.x, 11.4.x before 11.4.1 build 685-HF10, 11.5.1 before build 10.104.180, 11.5.2 before 11.5.4 build 0.1.256, 11.6.0 before build 6.204.442, and 12.0.0 before build 1.14.628; BIG-IP AAM 11.4.x before 11.4.1 build 685-HF10, 11.5.1 before build 10.104.180, 11.5.2 before 11.5.4 build 0.1.256, 11.6.0 before build 6.204.442, and 12.0.0 before build 1.14.628; BIG-IP DNS 12.0.0 before build 1.14.628; BIG-IP Edge Gateway, WebAccelerator, and WOM 11.3.0; BIG-IP GTM 11.3.x, 11.4.x before 11.4.1 build 685-HF10, 11.5.1 before build 10.104.180, 11.5.2 before 11.5.4 build 0.1.256, and 11.6.0 before build 6.204.442; BIG-IP PSM 11.3.x and 11.4.x before 11.4.1 build 685-HF10; BIG-IQ Cloud, Device, and Security 4.2.0 through 4.5.0; and BIG-IQ ADC 4.5.0 do not properly regenerate certificates and keys when deploying cloud images in Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure or Verizon cloud services environments, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (disruption) by leveraging a target instance configuration.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP APM: 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+4)
BIG-IP: 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+4)
F5 Big-Ip Analytics: 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+4)
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4 (+2)
BIG-IP ASM: 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+4)
F5 BIG-IP DNS: 12.0.0
F5 Big-Ip Edge Gateway: 11.3.0
F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+3)
F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+4)
F5 BIG-IP (LTM): 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+4)
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+4)
F5 Big-Ip Protocol Security Module: 11.3.0, 11.4.0
F5 Big-Ip Wan Optimization Manager: 11.3.0
F5 Big-Ip Webaccelerator: 11.3.0
F5 Big-Iq Application Delivery Controller: 4.5.0
F5 Big-Iq Cloud: 4.2.0, 4.3.0, 4.4.0, 4.5.0
F5 Big-Iq Device: 4.2.0, 4.3.0, 4.4.0, 4.5.0
F5 Big-Iq Security: 4.2.0, 4.3.0, 4.4.0, 4.5.0

References

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