CVE-2018-5524

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-06-01 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Under certain conditions, on F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.3.1, or 11.6.1 HF2-11.6.3.1, virtual servers configured with Client SSL or Server SSL profiles which make use of network hardware security module (HSM) functionality are exposed and impacted by this issue.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP APM: from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; from 13.0.0 through 13.0.1
BIG-IP: from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; from 13.0.0 through 13.0.1
F5 Big-Ip Analytics: from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; from 13.0.0 through 13.0.1
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; from 13.0.0 through 13.0.1
BIG-IP ASM: from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; from 13.0.0 through 13.0.1
F5 Big-Ip Edge Gateway: from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; from 13.0.0 through 13.0.1
F5 Big-Ip Fraud Protection Service: from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; from 13.0.0 through 13.0.1
F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; from 13.0.0 through 13.0.1
F5 BIG-IP (LTM): from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; from 13.0.0 through 13.0.1
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; from 13.0.0 through 13.0.1
F5 Big-Ip Webaccelerator: from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; from 13.0.0 through 13.0.1

References

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