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F5: CVE-2018-5502: K43121447: BIG-IP Client SSL vulnerability CVE-2018-5502

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Mar 21, 2018

Added

Jun 17, 2026

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Attackers may be able to disrupt services on the BIG-IP system with maliciously crafted client certificate. This vulnerability affects virtual servers associated with Client SSL profile which enables the use of client certificate authentication. Client certificate authentication is not enabled by default in Client SSL profile. There is no control plane exposure.

Solution

f5-bigip-upgrade-latest

References

CVE-2018-5502
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-5502
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K43121447
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-17271
CWE-295
EUVD-EUVD-2018-17271

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