CVE-2019-6618

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-05-03 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

On BIG-IP 14.0.0-14.1.0.1, 13.0.0-13.1.1.4, 12.1.0-12.1.4, 11.6.1-11.6.3.4, and 11.5.2-11.5.8, users with the Resource Administrator role can modify sensitive portions of the filesystem if provided Advanced Shell Access, such as editing /etc/passwd. This allows modifications to user objects and is contrary to our definition for the Resource Administrator (RA) role restrictions.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP APM: from 11.5.2 through 11.5.8; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.1
BIG-IP: from 11.5.2 through 11.5.8; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.1
F5 Big-Ip Analytics: from 11.5.2 through 11.5.8; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.1
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): from 11.5.2 through 11.5.8; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.1
BIG-IP ASM: from 11.5.2 through 11.5.8; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.1
F5 BIG-IP DNS: from 11.5.2 through 11.5.8; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.1
F5 Big-Ip Edge Gateway: from 11.5.2 through 11.5.8; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.1
F5 Big-Ip Fraud Protection Service: from 11.5.2 through 11.5.8; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.1
F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: from 11.5.2 through 11.5.8; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.1
F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: from 11.5.2 through 11.5.8; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.1
F5 BIG-IP (LTM): from 11.5.2 through 11.5.8; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.1
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): from 11.5.2 through 11.5.8; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.1
F5 Big-Ip Webaccelerator: from 11.5.2 through 11.5.8; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3.4; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.4; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1.4; from 14.0.0 through 14.1.0.1

References

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