{"id":"CVE-2017-6142","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-6142","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:17:19.871Z","title":"X509 certificate verification was not correctly implemented in the early access \"user id\" feature in the F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager versions 13.0.0, 12.1.0-12.1.2, and 11.6.0-11.6.2, and thus did not properly validate the remote server's…","description":"X509 certificate verification was not correctly implemented in the early access \"user id\" feature in the F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager versions 13.0.0, 12.1.0-12.1.2, and 11.6.0-11.6.2, and thus did not properly validate the remote server's identity on certain versions of BIG-IP.","published":"2018-01-19T14:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:21:50.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"f5sirt@f5.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":4.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-295"],"affected":["f5/big-ip advanced firewall manager"],"epss":{"score":0.00401,"percentile":0.34214,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040255","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"f5sirt@f5.com"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K20682450","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"f5sirt@f5.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040255","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K20682450","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6142","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}