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critical 9.8

CVE-2019-6609 json

Platform dependent weakness.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-16168

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Platform dependent weakness. This issue only impacts iSeries platforms. On these platforms, in BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, FPS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator) versions 14.0.0-14.1.0.1, 13.0.0-13.1.1.3, and 12.1.1 HF2-12.1.4, the secureKeyCapable attribute was not set which causes secure vault to not use the F5 hardware support to store the unit key. Instead the unit key is stored in plaintext on disk as would be the case for Z100 systems. Additionally this causes the unit key to be stored in UCS files taken on these platforms.

Patch / fix

  • f5 big-ip_local_traffic_manager 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.4, 14.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_application_acceleration_manager 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.4, 14.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.4, 14.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_analytics 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.4, 14.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_access_policy_manager 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.4, 14.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_application_security_manager 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.4, 14.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_domain_name_system 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.4, 14.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_edge_gateway 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.4, 14.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_fraud_protection_service 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.4, 14.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_global_traffic_manager 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.4, 14.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_link_controller 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.4, 14.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.4, 14.1.0.2
  • f5 big-ip_webaccelerator 12.1.4.1, 13.1.1.4, 14.1.0.2

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Exploit prediction

1.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • F5 BIG-IP APM

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

Sources

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