{
    "id": "CVE-2012-1493",
    "published": "2012-07-09 22:55:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:39:37",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N",
    "cwe": "CWE-255",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.63078",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99180",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:11",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_1000"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_11000"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_11050"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_1500"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_1600"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_2400"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_3400"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_3410"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_3600"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_3900"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_4100"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_5100"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_5110"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_6400"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_6800"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_6900"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_8400"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_8800"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_8900"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_8950"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_application_security_manager"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_global_traffic_manager"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_local_traffic_manager"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "enterprise_manager"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "tmos"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "19099",
            "title": "F5 BIG-IP - SSH Private Key Exposure (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2012-06-13",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19099"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "19091",
            "title": "F5 BIG-IP - Authentication Bypass",
            "date": "2012-06-12",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19091"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "19064",
            "title": "F5 BIG-IP - Authentication Bypass (PoC)",
            "date": "2012-06-11",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19064"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/600/sol13600.html",
        "http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/13/f5_kit_metasploit_exploit/",
        "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/ssh/f5_bigip_known_privkey.rb",
        "https://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2012-002.txt",
        "http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/600/sol13600.html",
        "http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/13/f5_kit_metasploit_exploit/",
        "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/ssh/f5_bigip_known_privkey.rb",
        "https://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2012-002.txt"
    ]
}