CVE-2018-5502

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

On F5 BIG-IP versions 13.0.0 - 13.1.0.3, 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-295

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
F5 Networks, Inc.BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator, WebSafe)13.0.0 - 13.1.0.3

References

Timeline

Published
Mar 22, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-5502: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix