Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in F5 F5OS-A up to 1.5.2/1.8.0. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component FIPS Hardware Security Module. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-53860. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in F5 F5OS-A up to 1.5.2/1.8.0 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component FIPS Hardware Security Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability exists in F5OS-A software that allows a highly privileged authenticated attacker to access sensitive FIPS hardware security module (HSM) information on F5 rSeries systems.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

The advisory is shared for download at my.f5.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-53860. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 272121 (F5 Networks F5OS-A FIPS HSM Information Disclosure (K000148625)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.5.3 or 1.8.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (272121) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2310). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• F5 F5OS
• F5 BIG-IP

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Vendor

• F5

Name

• F5OS-A

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://f5.com/

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