CVE-2025-43878 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting F5OS-C/A systems running in Appliance mode. An authenticated attacker with Administrator or Resource Administrator roles can bypass Appliance mode restrictions by leveraging the system diagnostics tcpdump command utility. This local attack requires high privileges and has a high impact on confidentiality and integrity, but no impact on availability. Currently, there is no public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.5.1, < 1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:f5:f5os-a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.6.0, <= 1.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:f5:f5os-c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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