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CVE-2020-5896

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-05-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-276

Description

On versions 7.1.5-7.1.9, the BIG-IP Edge Client's Windows Installer Service's temporary folder has weak file and folder permissions.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP APM: from 11.6.1 through 11.6.5.1; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5.1; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.5; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0.3
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP APM client for Windows: from 7.1.5 through 7.1.9

References

• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K15478554
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K15478554

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