CVE-2018-5502

N/A

Published: March 22, 2018 at 06:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:00 AM UTC

25 products affected across 2 vendorsBig IP Access Policy ManagerBig IP Application Security ManagerBig IP Advanced Firewall Manager

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

Description

On F5 BIG-IP versions 13.0.0 - 13.1.0.3, attackers may be able to disrupt services on the BIG-IP system with maliciously crafted client certificate. This vulnerability affects virtual servers associated with Client SSL profile which enables the use of client certificate authentication. Client certificate authentication is not enabled by default in Client SSL profile. There is no control plane exposure.

Affected

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

Big IP Access Policy Manager · F5

95%

13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.1.0.4

Affected range stops below 13.1.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Big IP Advanced Firewall Manager · F5

95%

13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.1.0.4

Affected range stops below 13.1.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Big IP Analytics · F5

95%

13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.1.0.4

Affected range stops below 13.1.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Big IP Application Acceleration Manager · F5

95%

13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.1.0.4

Affected range stops below 13.1.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Big IP Application Security Manager · F5

95%

13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.1.0.4

Affected range stops below 13.1.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Big IP Domain Name System · F5

95%

13.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.0.4

Big IP Edge Gateway · F5

95%

13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.1.0.4

Affected range stops below 13.1.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Big IP Global Traffic Manager · F5

95%

13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.1.0.4

Affected range stops below 13.1.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Big IP Link Controller · F5

95%

13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.1.0.4

Affected range stops below 13.1.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Big IP Local Traffic Manager · F5

95%

13.0.0 ≤ v < 13.1.0.413.0.0 - 13.1.0.3

Affected range stops below 13.1.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K43121447

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040561

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K43121447

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-295

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