Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published May 23, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-6131
CVE-2017-6131
Description
In some circumstances, an F5 BIG-IP version 12.0.0 to 12.1.2 and 13.0.0 Azure cloud instance may contain a default administrative password which could be used to remotely log into the BIG-IP system. The impacted administrative account is the Azure instance administrative user that was created at deployment. The root and admin accounts are not vulnerable. An attacker may be able to remotely access the BIG-IP host via SSH.
Affected products
1- Range: 12.0.0 to 12.1.2
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- support.f5.com/csp/article/K61757346nvdPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038569nvd
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