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CVE-2018-5506

N/A
Published: April 13, 2018 at 01:00 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 0.7%

Description

In F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0, 12.1.0-12.1.2, 11.6.1, 11.5.1-11.5.5, or 11.2.1 the Apache modules apache_auth_token_mod and mod_auth_f5_auth_token.cpp allow possible unauthenticated bruteforce on the em_server_ip authorization parameter to obtain which SSL client certificates used for mutual authentication between BIG-IQ or Enterprise Manager (EM) and managed BIG-IP devices.

Affected

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

Big IP Access Policy Manager· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.3.111.2.111.6.113.0.0
Big IP Advanced Firewall Manager· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.3.111.2.111.6.113.0.0
Big IP Analytics· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.3.111.2.111.6.113.0.0
Big IP Application Acceleration Manager· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.3.111.2.111.6.113.0.0
Big IP Application Security Manager· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.3.111.2.111.6.113.0.0
Big IP Domain Name System· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.3.111.2.111.6.113.0.0
Big IP Edge Gateway· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.3.111.2.111.6.113.0.0
Big IP Global Traffic Manager· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.3.111.2.111.6.113.0.0
Big IP Link Controller· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.3.111.2.111.6.113.0.0
Big IP Local Traffic Manager· F5
95%
11.5.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.5.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.3.111.2.111.5.1-11.5.511.6.112.1.0-12.1.213.0.0

Remediation

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Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K65355492

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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