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CVE-2017-6167

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-12-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Link Controller, PEM and WebSafe software version 13.0.0 and 12.1.0 - 12.1.2, race conditions in iControl REST may lead to commands being executed with different privilege levels than expected.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP APM: from 12.1.0 through 12.1.2; 13.0.0
• BIG-IP: from 12.1.0 through 12.1.2; 13.0.0
• F5 Big-Ip Analytics: from 12.1.0 through 12.1.2; 13.0.0
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): from 12.1.0 through 12.1.2; 13.0.0
• BIG-IP ASM: from 12.1.0 through 12.1.2; 13.0.0
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (DNS): from 12.1.0 through 12.1.2; 13.0.0
• F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: from 12.1.0 through 12.1.2; 13.0.0
• F5 BIG-IP (LTM): from 12.1.0 through 12.1.2; 13.0.0
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): from 12.1.0 through 12.1.2; 13.0.0
• F5 Big-Ip Websafe: from 12.1.0 through 12.1.2; 13.0.0

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040053
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K24465120
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040053
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K24465120

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