CVE-2025-43878

Medium

Description

When running in Appliance mode, an authenticated attacker assigned the Administrator or Resource Administrator role may be able to bypass Appliance mode restrictions utilizing system diagnostics tcpdump command utility on a F5OS-C/A system. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

SeverityMedium

CVSS6.0

Exploit probability—

Product

F5os-c

PublishedMay 7, 2025

First seenMay 7, 2025

Weakness typeCWE-149CWE-149 CWE-1286CWE-1286

How to fix

Update

f5 f5os-a1.8.0 or later

Vendor advisories

my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000139502

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
f5 f5os-c	1.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.6.2	—
f5 f5os-a	1.5.1 ≤ v < 1.8.0	1.8.0

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