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CVE-2012-1493

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…

Severity
High 7.8
Published
9 Jul 2012
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
63% in the next 30 daysHigher than 99% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Weakness
CWE-255
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Read data
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Sources
NVD

Description

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.

From NVD.

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
F5 BIG-IPServers and applications · cpe:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager
  • Version 11.1.0-hf2
  • Version 11.1.0
  • Version 11.0.0-hf1
  • Version 11.0.0
All 9 release lines
  • Every version
  • Version 9.0.0
  • Version 9.4.8-hf4
  • Version 10.0.0
  • Version 10.2.3-hf1
  • Version 11.0.0
  • Version 11.0.0-hf1
  • Version 11.1.0
  • Version 11.1.0-hf2

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1493
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1493