CVE-2025-36546

Severity CVSS v4.0:

CRITICAL

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

07/05/2025

Last modified:

21/10/2025

Description

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&#39;s SSH private key. <br /> <br /> Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Impact

Vector 4.0

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 CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.20 CRITICAL
Vector: 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

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Attack Requirements (AT): Present
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): High
Integrity (VI): High
Availability (VA): High
Confidentiality (SC): None
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): None

Base Score 4.0

9.20

Severity 4.0

CRITICAL

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.10 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

8.10

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:f5:f5os-a::::::::	1.5.1 (including)	1.5.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:f5:f5os-c::::::::	1.6.0 (including)	1.6.2 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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