GHSA-f5m3-rw47-f9xw

GHSA-f5m3-rw47-f9xw PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022

On BIG-IP 14.0.0-14.1.0.1, 13.0.0-13.1.1.4, 12.1.0-12.1.4, 11.6.1-11.6.3.4, and 11.5.2-11.5.8, a user with the Resource Administrator role is able to overwrite sensitive low-level files (such as /etc/passwd) using SFTP to modify user permissions, without Advanced Shell access. This is contrary to our definition for the Resource Administrator (RA) role restrictions.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

6.5

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

Timeline

May 24, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory

Query this with the API

The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-f5m3-rw47-f9xw
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-f5m3-rw47-f9xw

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-f5m3-rw47-f9xw/fixes/registry"

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