CVE-2025-36546: F5OS Appliance Mode vulnerability
F5 · F5OS - Appliance
Vendor fix available · Affected: F5OS - Appliance · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products2
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- F5 · F5OS - Appliancefrom 1.7.0 before 1.8.0; from 1.5.1 before 1.5.3
- F5 · F5OS - Chassisfrom 1.6.0 before 1.8.0
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