CVE-2012-1493
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…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 63.3%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 63.33% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 3 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 11 June 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-255
- Affected
- f5/big-ip application security manager · f5/big-ip global traffic manager · f5/big-ip local traffic manager · f5/tmos · f5/big-ip 1000 · f5/big-ip 11000 · f5/big-ip 11050 · f5/big-ip 1500 · f5/big-ip 1600 · f5/big-ip 2400 · f5/big-ip 3400 · f5/big-ip 3410 · f5/big-ip 3600 · f5/big-ip 3900 · f5/big-ip 4100 · f5/big-ip 5100 · f5/big-ip 5110 · f5/big-ip 6400 · f5/big-ip 6800 · f5/big-ip 6900 · +5 more
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 63.3% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (3)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
| EDB-ID | Title | Type | Published | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDB-19099source ↗ | F5 BIG-IP - SSH Private Key Exposure (Metasploit)hardware · Metasploit | remote | 13 June 2012 | yes |
| EDB-19091source ↗ | F5 BIG-IP - Authentication Bypasshardware · David Kennedy (ReL1K) | remote | 12 June 2012 | yes |
| EDB-19064source ↗ | F5 BIG-IP - Authentication Bypass (PoC)hardware · Florent Daigniere | dos | 11 June 2012 | yes |
References
- http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/600/sol13600.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/13/f5_kit_metasploit_exploit/
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/ssh/f5_bigip_known_privkey.rbExploit, Patch
- https://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2012-002.txt
- http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/600/sol13600.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/13/f5_kit_metasploit_exploit/
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/ssh/f5_bigip_known_privkey.rbExploit, Patch
- https://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2012-002.txt
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.