CVE-2025-36546

critical · 9.2

On an F5OS system, if the root user had previously configured the system to allow login via SSH key-based authentication, and then enabled Appliance Mode; access via SSH key-based authentication is still allowed. For an attacker to exploit this vulnerability they must obtain the root user's SSH private key. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

9.2

CVSS

0.4%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

36th

EPSS percentile

2025-05-07

Published

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Weaknesses

CWE-863

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
f5	f5os-a	>= 1.5.1, < 1.5.3
f5	f5os-c	>= 1.6.0, <= 1.6.2

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References

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000140574

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2025-36546