CVE-2025-59481 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting F5 BIG-IP TMOS Shell (tmsh) and iControl REST, allowing an authenticated attacker with resource administrator privileges to execute arbitrary system commands with elevated permissions. This network-exploitable flaw has a CVSS score of 8.7, indicating a significant risk of privilege escalation and security boundary bypass. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.10.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.10.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.10.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.10.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.10.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.