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Medium severity4.4NVD Advisory· Published Jul 19, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-5540

CVE-2018-5540

Description

On F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.0.1, 12.1.0-12.1.3.3, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1, or 11.5.1-11.5.6, Enterprise Manager 3.1.1, BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.0.0-5.1.0, BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0, or F5 iWorkflow 2.1.0-2.3.0 the big3d process does not irrevocably minimize group privileges at start up.

Affected products

8
  • F5, Inc./Big IPllm-fuzzy2 versions
    13.0.0-13.0.1, 12.1.0-12.1.3.3, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1, 11.5.1-11.5.6+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: 13.0.0-13.0.1, 12.1.0-12.1.3.3, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1, 11.5.1-11.5.6
    • (no CPE)range: 13.0.0-13.0.1
  • F5, Inc./Iworkflowllm-fuzzy2 versions
    2.1.0-2.3.0+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: 2.1.0-2.3.0
    • (no CPE)range: 2.1.0-2.3.0
  • F5, Inc./Big Iq Centralized Managementllm-fuzzy2 versions
    5.0.0-5.1.0+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: 5.0.0-5.1.0
    • (no CPE)range: 5.0.0-5.1.0
  • F5 Networks, Inc./BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestrationv5
    Range: 1.0.0
  • F5 Networks, Inc./Enterprise Managerv5
    Range: 3.1.1

Patches

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References

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