CVE-2015-8611

critical

Published 2016-01-12 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

10.0

VIR risk

9.8

Description

BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Link Controller, and PEM 12.0.0 before HF1 on the 2000, 4000, 5000, 7000, and 10000 platforms do not properly sync passwords with the Always-On Management (AOM) subsystem, which might allow remote attackers to obtain login access to AOM via an (1) expired or (2) default password.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/k/05/sol05272632.html

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
f5	big-ip_domain_name_system	`12.0.0`
f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	`12.0.0`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`12.0.0`
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	`12.0.0`
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	`12.0.0`
f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	`12.0.0`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`12.0.0`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`12.0.0`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`12.0.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-255

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.