Vulnerability · CVE-2020-5902
F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Published Jul 1, 2020 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · F5 BIG-IP
Patch now
CVE-2020-5902 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm F5 BIG-IP against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- Critical9.8
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 100.00%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe f5/big-ip access policy manager · cpe f5/big-ip advanced firewall manager · vendor F5 BIG-IP
In BIG-IP versions 15.0.0-15.1.0.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2.5, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, the Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI), also referred to as the Configuration utility, has a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in undisclosed pages.
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- cpe f5/big-ip access policy managerversion unspecified
- cpe f5/big-ip advanced firewall managerversion unspecified
- vendor F5 BIG-IPversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2020-5902
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date May 3, 2022.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2020-5902 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm F5 BIG-IP against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-22: Path Traversal. EPSS 100.00%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jul 1, 2020 · Catalog
Detected
In BIG-IP versions 15.0.0-15.1.0.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2.5, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, the Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI), also referred to as the Configuration utility, has a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in undisclosed pages.
Nov 3, 2021 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
May 3, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
In BIG-IP versions 15.0.0-15.1.0.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2.5, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, the Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI), also referred to as the Configuration utility, has a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in undisclosed pages.
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-5902
F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) contains a remote code execution vulnerability in undisclosed pages.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2020-5902
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2020-5902
30-day exploitation probability 100.0%
first.org - Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference48642
Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.
exploit-db.com - Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference48643
Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.
exploit-db.com - Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference48711
Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.
exploit-db.com - Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_linux/http/f5_bigip_tmui_rce_cve_2020_5902
Public module reference (average). Module source is not copied into this catalog.
rapid7.com - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2020-5902
In BIG-IP versions 15.0.0-15.1.0.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2.5, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, the Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI), also referred to as the Configuration utility, has a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in undisclosed pages.
nvd.nist.gov - Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158333/BIG-IP-TMUI-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Packet Storm link already published on the finding.
packetstormsecurity.com - Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158334/BIG-IP-TMUI-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Packet Storm link already published on the finding.
packetstormsecurity.com - Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158366/F5-BIG-IP-TMUI-Directory-Traversal-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html
Packet Storm link already published on the finding.
packetstormsecurity.com - Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158414/Checker-CVE-2020-5902.html
Packet Storm link already published on the finding.
packetstormsecurity.com - Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158581/F5-Big-IP-13.1.3-Build-0.0.6-Local-File-Inclusion.html
Packet Storm link already published on the finding.
packetstormsecurity.com - Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175671/F5-BIG-IP-TMUI-Directory-Traversal-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html
Packet Storm link already published on the finding.
packetstormsecurity.com - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-5902
F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) contains a remote code execution vulnerability in undisclosed pages.
vulncheck.com
References
- Exploit · packetstormsecurity.com
- Third Party Advisory · packetstormsecurity.com
- Exploit · packetstormsecurity.com
- Third Party Advisory · packetstormsecurity.com
- Exploit · packetstormsecurity.com
- Exploit · packetstormsecurity.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
- CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · redcanary.com
- Vendor Advisory · support.f5.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · us-cert.cisa.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · crowdstrike.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · zdnet.com
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.