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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-60013

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

Published Oct 15, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · F5 F5OS - Appliance

Last checked Oct 27, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-60013. EPSS is 0.18%. Act only if a listed version of F5 F5OS - Appliance is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium4.6
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.18%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor F5 F5OS - Appliance 1.8.0 <1.8.3

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor F5 F5OS - Appliance 1.8.0 <1.8.31.8.0 <1.8.3

How to fix CVE-2025-60013

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-60013. EPSS is 0.18%. Act only if a listed version of F5 F5OS - Appliance is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with F5 F5OS - Appliance 1.8.0 <1.8.3 1.8.0 <1.8.3. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.18%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 15, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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

  2. Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    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

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-60013

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-60013

    30-day exploitation probability 0.18%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-34635

    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

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 27, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 27, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 24, 2026
  • EUVDOct 24, 2026