HIGH
F5 BIG-IP appliances 9.x before 9.4.8-HF5, 10.x before 10.2.4, 11.0.x before 11.0.0-HF2, and 11.1.x before 11.1.0-HF3, and Enterprise Manager before 2.1.0-HF2, 2.2.x before 2.2.0-HF1, and 2.3.x before 2.3.0-HF3, use a single SSH private key across different customers' installations and do not properly restrict access to this key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform SSH logins via the PubkeyAuthentication option
Published Jul 9, 2012
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 63.08%
Description
F5 BIG-IP appliances 9.x before 9.4.8-HF5, 10.x before 10.2.4, 11.0.x before 11.0.0-HF2, and 11.1.x before 11.1.0-HF3, and Enterprise Manager before 2.1.0-HF2, 2.2.x before 2.2.0-HF1, and 2.3.x before 2.3.0-HF3, use a single SSH private key across different customers' installations and do not properly restrict access to this key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform SSH logins via the PubkeyAuthentication option.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
AND
OR
- 9.2.0
- 9.2.0
- 9.4.4
- 9.4.5
- 9.4.6
- 9.4.7
- 9.4.8
- 10.0.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.2.3
- 11.0.0
- 11.0.0
- 11.1.0
- 11.1.0
- n/a
- 9.2.2
- 9.4.8
- 10.0.0
- 10.2.3
- 11.0.0
- 11.0.0
- 11.1.0
- 11.1.0
- n/a
- 9.0.0
- 9.4.8
- 10.0.0
- 10.2.3
- 11.0.0
- 11.0.0
- 11.1.0
- 11.1.0
- n/a
- 2.0
- 4.0
- 4.2
- 4.3
- 4.4
- 4.5
- 4.5.6
- 4.5.9
- 4.5.10
- 4.5.11
- 4.5.12
- 4.6
- 4.6.2
- 9.0
- 9.0.1
- 9.0.2
- 9.0.3
- 9.0.4
- 9.0.5
- 9.1
- 9.1.1
- 9.1.2
- 9.1.3
- 9.2
- 9.2.2
- 9.2.3
- 9.2.4
- 9.2.5
- 9.3
- 9.3.1
- 9.4
- 9.4.1
- 9.4.2
- 9.4.3
- 9.4.4
- 9.4.5
- 9.4.6
- 9.4.7
- 9.4.8
- 9.6.0
- 9.6.1
- 10.0.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.1.0
- 10.2.0
OR
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
Configuration 2
OR
- n/a
- 1.0
- 2.0
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.0
- 2.2.0
- 2.3.0
- 2.3.0
- n/a
- 1.0
- 2.0
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.0
- 2.2.0
- 2.3.0
- 2.3.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.8 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
63.08% 0.63078
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.63078
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (33 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 63.08% (0.63078) | 99.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 63.08% (0.63078) | 99.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 84.38% (0.84375) | 99.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 85.72% (0.85722) | 99.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 26, 2025 | 84.38% (0.84375) | 99.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 81.35% (0.81352) | 99.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 22, 2025 | 78.35% (0.78350) | 99.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 21, 2025 | 81.35% (0.81352) | 99.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 78.35% (0.78350) | 98.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 7, 2025 | 41.73% (0.41727) | 97.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 47.51% (0.47512) | 97.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 15, 2024 | 27.44% (0.27440) | 96.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 21, 2024 | 29.32% (0.29322) | 96.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 17, 2024 | 30.63% (0.30633) | 97.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 22, 2024 | 44.25% (0.44251) | 97.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 24, 2024 | 46.59% (0.46586) | 97.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 45.31% (0.45315) | 97.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 40.70% (0.40695) | 97.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 12, 2024 | 37.02% (0.37024) | 97.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 37.33% (0.37333) | 97.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 33.40% (0.33395) | 96.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 7, 2024 | 28.56% (0.28560) | 96.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 5, 2023 | 29.64% (0.29636) | 96.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 3, 2023 | 23.27% (0.23269) | 95.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 3, 2023 | 23.17% (0.23168) | 95.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 30, 2023 | 26.43% (0.26429) | 96.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 28.96% (0.28956) | 96.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 71.79% (0.71790) | 99.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Dec 24, 2022 | 71.79% (0.71790) | 99.19th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 23, 2022 | 73.02% (0.73021) | 99.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jun 22, 2022 | 73.60% (0.73596) | 99.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 20, 2022 | 75.35% (0.75349) | 99.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 76.69% (0.76690) | 99.26th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (4)
- http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/600/sol13600.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/13/f5_kit_metasploit_exploit/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/ssh/f5_bigip_known_privkey.rb x_refsource_MISCExploitPatch
- https://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2012-002.txt x_refsource_MISC
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/600/sol13600.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/13/f5_kit_metasploit_exploit/ | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/ssh/f5_bigip_known_privkey.rb | x_refsource_MISCExploitPatch | |
| https://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2012-002.txt | x_refsource_MISC |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 9, 2012
Updated Sep 17, 2024
Reserved Mar 1, 2012
Link CVE-2012-1493
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a