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CVE-2020-5907

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-07-01 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In BIG-IP versions 15.0.0-15.1.0.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, an authorized user provided with access only to the TMOS Shell (tmsh) may be able to conduct arbitrary file read/writes via the built-in sftp functionality.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP APM: from 11.5.2 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0
• BIG-IP: from 11.5.2 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0
• F5 Big-Ip Analytics: from 11.5.2 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): from 11.5.2 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0
• BIG-IP ASM: from 11.5.2 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0
• F5 BIG-IP DNS: from 11.5.2 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0
• F5 Big-Ip Fraud Protection Service: from 11.5.2 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0
• F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: from 11.6.1 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0
• F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: from 11.5.2 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0
• F5 BIG-IP (LTM): from 11.5.2 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): from 11.5.2 through 11.6.5; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0

References

• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K00091341
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/290915
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K00091341
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/290915

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