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CVE-2012-1493· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

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 Manage

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.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v2.0—Weaponized No fix recorded
Published
Jul 9, 2012
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
63.1% · 99th percentile
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Action score

50

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
19 / 30 · 63.1%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
f5big-ip application security manager
f5big-ip global traffic manager
f5big-ip local traffic manager
f5tmos
f5big-ip 1000
f5big-ip 11000
f5big-ip 11050
f5big-ip 1500
f5big-ip 1600
f5big-ip 2400
f5big-ip 3400
f5big-ip 3410

and 13 more

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • f5 big-ip 1000all versions
  • f5 big-ip 11000all versions
  • f5 big-ip 11050all versions
  • f5 big-ip 1500all versions
  • f5 big-ip 1600all versions
  • f5 big-ip 2400all versions
  • f5 big-ip 3400all versions
  • f5 big-ip 3410all versions
  • f5 big-ip 3600all versions
  • f5 big-ip 3900all versions
  • f5 big-ip 4100all versions
  • f5 big-ip 5100all versions
  • f5 big-ip 5110all versions
  • f5 big-ip 6400all versions
  • f5 big-ip 6800all versions
  • f5 big-ip 6900all versions
  • f5 big-ip 8400all versions
  • f5 big-ip 8800all versions
  • f5 big-ip 8900all versions
  • f5 big-ip 8950all versions

Same product

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×3

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrydos2012-06-11
Exploit-DB entryremote2012-06-12
Exploit-DB entryremote2012-06-13
Metasploit moduleexploit/linux/ssh/f5_bigip_known_privkeyF5 BIG-IP SSH Private Key Exposureexploit2012-06-11

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. First PoC-29 d
  2. Metasploit-29 d
  3. Published
  4. TodaySep 30, 2026+5196 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
C · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
C
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-255 · Credentials Management Errors

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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