CVE-2016-5021

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-06-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The iControl REST service in F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, Link Controller, and PEM 11.5.x before 11.5.4, 11.6.x before 11.6.1, and 12.x before 12.0.0 HF3; BIG-IP DNS 12.x before 12.0.0 HF3; BIG-IP GTM 11.5.x before 11.5.4 and 11.6.x before 11.6.1; BIG-IQ Cloud and Security 4.0.0 through 4.5.0; BIG-IQ Device 4.2.0 through 4.5.0; BIG-IQ ADC 4.5.0; BIG-IQ Centralized Management 4.6.0; and BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated administrators to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP APM: 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.6.0, 12.0.0
BIG-IP: 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.6.0, 12.0.0
F5 Big-Ip Analytics: 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.6.0, 12.0.0
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.6.0, 12.0.0
BIG-IP ASM: 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.6.0, 12.0.0
F5 BIG-IP DNS: 12.0.0
F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.6.0
F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.6.0, 12.0.0
F5 BIG-IP (LTM): 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.6.0, 12.0.0
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.6.0, 12.0.0
F5 Big-Iq Application Delivery Controller: 4.5.0
F5 BIG-IQ: 4.6.0
F5 Big-Iq Cloud: 4.0.0, 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.3.0, 4.4.0, 4.5.0
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration: 1.0.0
F5 Big-Iq Device: 4.2.0, 4.3.0, 4.4.0, 4.5.0
F5 Big-Iq Security: 4.0.0, 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.3.0, 4.4.0, 4.5.0

References

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