Local privilege escalation across security boundary
Published Oct 15, 2025 · Updated Oct 15, 2025
Privilege escalation in F5 F5OS-A and F5OS-C allows local authenticated users to cross a platform security boundary. F5 maps the flaw to improper neutralization of directives in dynamically evaluated code but has not disclosed the affected component or unsafe operation. Low-privileged local access is required, and exploitation crosses an appliance or chassis platform boundary; downstream tenant impact is not reported.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in F5 F5OS-A and F5OS-C allows local authenticated users to cross a platform security boundary. F5 maps the flaw to improper neutralization of directives in dynamically evaluated code but has not disclosed the affected component or unsafe operation. Low-privileged local access is required, and exploitation crosses an appliance or chassis platform boundary; downstream tenant impact is not reported.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-61955
- Published
- Oct 15, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2025
- Vendor
- F5 Networks
- Product
- F5OS-A
- Classifications
- CWE-95, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 15, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.5.0 <1.5.4
- Affected versionversion=1.8.0 <1.8.3
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