VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-6165

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.93%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.93%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, and WebSafe 11.5.1 HF6 through 11.5.4 HF4, 11.6.0 through 11.6.1 HF1, and 12.0.0 through 12.1.2 on VIPRION platforms only, the script which synchronizes SafeNet External Network HSM configuration elements between blades in a clustered deployment will log the HSM partition password in cleartext to the "/var/log/ltm" log file.

CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 1.93% probability · 80th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-532
Affected: f5/big-ip access policy manager · f5/big-ip advanced firewall manager · f5/big-ip analytics · f5/big-ip application acceleration manager · f5/big-ip application security manager · f5/big-ip domain name system · f5/big-ip global traffic manager · f5/big-ip link controller · f5/big-ip local traffic manager · f5/big-ip policy enforcement manager · f5/big-ip websafe
Source: f5sirt@f5.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 1.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101543Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039638Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K74759095Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101543Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039638Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K74759095Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.