CVE-2025-53868 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2025-53868

BIG-IP SCP and SFTP vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

When running in Appliance mode, a highly privileged authenticated attacker with access to SCP and SFTP may be able to bypass Appliance mode restrictions using undisclosed commands.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • F5

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

BIG-IP
Vulnerable Versions:
17.5.0, 17.1.0, 16.1.0, 15.1.0

Timeline

Official Publish: October 15th, 2025
Last Modified: March 4th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)