Vulnerability · Published Oct 15, 2025 · Assigned by f5

CVE-2025-60013F5OS-A FIPS HSM password vulnerability

Medium 4.6

In plain English

A medium-severity OS command injection in F5OS - Appliance from F5. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.6Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

When a highly-privileged, authenticated attacker attempts to initialize the rSeries FIPS module using a password with special shell metacharacters, arbitrary system commands may be executed, and the FIPS hardware security module (HSM) may fail to initialize. A successful exploit can allow the attacker to cross a security boundary. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
F5	F5OS - Appliance	1.8.0 – before 1.8.31.5.0 – before 1.5.4

Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000154661 vendor-advisory