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CVE-2012-1493

N/A
Published: July 9, 2012 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM UTC
25 products affected across 1 vendorBig IP Application Security ManagerBig IP Local Traffic ManagerBig IP Global Traffic Manager

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 63%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Big IP 1000· F5
95%
All versions
Big IP 11000· F5
95%
All versions
Big IP 11050· F5
95%
All versions
Big IP 1500· F5
95%
All versions
Big IP 1600· F5
95%
All versions
Big IP 2400· F5
95%
All versions
Big IP 3400· F5
95%
All versions
Big IP 3410· F5
95%
All versions
Big IP 3600· F5
95%
All versions
Big IP 3900· F5
95%
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/600/sol13600.html
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/13/f5_kit_metasploit_exploit/
x_refsource_MISCExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/ssh/f5_bigip_known_privkey.rb
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2012-002.txt

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-255

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