CVE-2012-1493

highpriority · attend · 63EPSS 0.631 · 99 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

4 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

63.1% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

104 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.8highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.9

v2.07.8highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-255USprimary

exploits (4)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/linux/ssh/f5_bigip_known_privkeyF5 BIG-IP SSH Private Key Exposureweaponized · metasploit
EDB-19064F5 BIG-IP - Authentication Bypass (PoC)functional · exploit_db
EDB-19091F5 BIG-IP - Authentication Bypassfunctional · exploit_db
EDB-19099F5 BIG-IP - SSH Private Key Exposure (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db

affected products (104)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
f5 big-ip 1000all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:f5:big-ip_1000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip 11000all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:f5:big-ip_11000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip 11050all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:f5:big-ip_11050:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip 1500all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:f5:big-ip_1500:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip 1600all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:f5:big-ip_1600:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip 2400all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:f5:big-ip_2400:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip 3400all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:f5:big-ip_3400:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip 3410all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:f5:big-ip_3410:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip 3600all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:f5:big-ip_3600:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip 3900all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:f5:big-ip_3900:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip 4100all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:f5:big-ip_4100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip 5100all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:f5:big-ip_5100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip 5110all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:f5:big-ip_5110:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip 6400all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:f5:big-ip_6400:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip 6800all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:f5:big-ip_6800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip 6900all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:f5:big-ip_6900:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip 8400all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:f5:big-ip_8400:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip 8800all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:f5:big-ip_8800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip 8900all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:f5:big-ip_8900:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2012-07-09modified 2026-06-16

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references (13)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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