CVE-2025-60013: F5 f5os-A

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• F5 f5os-A: from 1.5.1, before 1.5.4 (fixed in 1.5.4); version 1.8.0 only

Published 2025-10-15. Last modified 2026-10-08.