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CVE-2025-53868

Published: Oct 15, 2025

Modified: Mar 4, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.7

HIGH

Description

When running in Appliance mode, a highly privileged authenticated attacker with access to SCP and SFTP may be able to bypass Appliance mode restrictions using undisclosed commands.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

VendorProductVersions

F5

BIG-IP

affected
17.5.0 - < 17.5.1
affected
17.1.0 - < 17.1.3.1
affected
16.1.0 - < 16.1.6.1
affected
15.1.0 - < 15.1.10.8

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

References

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