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TI-2018-04044 Aliases CVE-2018-5539GHSA-5h3w-qcfh-9hrf

Under certain conditions, on F5 BIG-IP ASM 13.0.0-13.1.0.7, 12.1.0-12.1.3.5…

Priority LOW 36Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Under certain conditions, on F5 BIG-IP ASM 13.0.0-13.1.0.7, 12.1.0-12.1.3.5, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1, 11.5.1-11.5.6, or 11.2.1, when processing CSRF protections, the BIG-IP ASM bd process may restart and produce a core file.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01759 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
F5BIG-IP (ASM)13.0.0-13.1.0.7; 12.1.0-12.1.3.5; 11.6.0-11.6.3.1; 11.5.1-11.5.6; 11.2.1—No fix listedCNA
  • BIG-IP (ASM) VendorF5 Affected 13.0.0-13.1.0.7; 12.1.0-12.1.3.5; 11.6.0-11.6.3.1; 11.5.1-11.5.6; 11.2.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.5.1 – 11.5.6; 11.6.1 – 11.6.3; 12.1.0 – 12.1.3; 13.0.0 – 13.1.0VulnerableF5
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:11.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.2.1VulnerableF5
  • cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.5.1 – 11.5.6; 11.6.1 – 11.6.3; 12.1.0 – 12.1.3; 13.0.0 – 13.1.0 Vulnerable ·F5
  • cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:11.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.2.1 Vulnerable ·F5

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-5539
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5h3w-qcfh-9hrf

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2023-25230 BIG-IP Configuration utility unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-01269 Missing authentication in F5 BIG-IP KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-05850 Memory corruption in BIG-IP KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-05845 Server-side request forgery in BIG-IP; BIG-IQ KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-04820 Path traversal in BIG-IP KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-05975 GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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