CVE-2017-6165

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-10-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-532

Description

In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, and WebSafe 11.5.1 HF6 through 11.5.4 HF4, 11.6.0 through 11.6.1 HF1, and 12.0.0 through 12.1.2 on VIPRION platforms only, the script which synchronizes SafeNet External Network HSM configuration elements between blades in a clustered deployment will log the HSM partition password in cleartext to the "/var/log/ltm" log file.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP APM: 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0, 11.6.1 (+4)
BIG-IP: 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0, 11.6.1 (+4)
F5 Big-Ip Analytics: 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0, 11.6.1 (+4)
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0, 11.6.1 (+4)
BIG-IP ASM: 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0, 11.6.1 (+4)
F5 BIG-IP DNS: 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0, 11.6.1 (+4)
F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0, 11.6.1 (+4)
F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0, 11.6.1 (+4)
F5 BIG-IP (LTM): 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0, 11.6.1 (+4)
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0, 11.6.1 (+4)
F5 Big-Ip Websafe: 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0, 11.6.1 (+4)

References

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