{"id":"CVE-2017-6165","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-6165","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:04:34.236Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2017-10-20T15:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:21:53.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"f5sirt@f5.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["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"],"epss":{"score":0.01925,"percentile":0.79845,"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":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101543","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"f5sirt@f5.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039638","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"f5sirt@f5.com"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K74759095","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"f5sirt@f5.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101543","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039638","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K74759095","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6165","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."}