CVE-2020-5916

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In BIG-IP versions 15.1.0-15.1.0.4 and 15.0.0-15.0.1.3 the Certificate Administrator user role and higher privileged roles can perform arbitrary file reads outside of the web root directory.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-269

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/aBIG-IP15.1.0-15.1.0.4, 15.0.0-15.0.1.3

References

Timeline

Published
Aug 26, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2020-5916: Medium severity, CVSS 6.8 | Vulnix