{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36546 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-36546 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2025-36546 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in F5OS - Appliance, published on 7 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-36546 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-36546 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in F5OS - Appliance, published on 7 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36546 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: F5OS - Appliance. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36546/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36546/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-36546","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36546/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-36546","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-58w9-v93f-h76h"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"F5OS Appliance Mode","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers with root SSH keys can bypass Appliance Mode restrictions to gain unauthorized root access on F5OS systems.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"f5","cpe":[{"product":"f5os-a","vendor":"f5"},{"product":"f5os-c","vendor":"f5"}],"cvss":{"score":9.2,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-863","name":"Incorrect Authorization"}],"description":"On an F5OS system, if the root user had previously configured the system to allow login via SSH key-based authentication, and then enabled Appliance Mode; access via SSH key-based authentication is still allowed. For an attacker to exploit this vulnerability they must obtain the root user's SSH private key.  \n\nNote: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"F5OS Appliance Mode vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-36546","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in AVideo","id":"CVE-2025-36548"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority because it is Unused","id":"CVE-2025-36545"},"products":["F5OS - Appliance","F5OS - Chassis"],"published":"2025-05-07","related":[{"cvss_score":8.7,"headline":"F5OS vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-46265","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-05-07"},{"cvss_score":8.5,"headline":"F5OS Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-57780","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-10-15"},{"cvss_score":8.5,"headline":"F5OS vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-61955","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-10-15"},{"cvss_score":8.3,"headline":"F5OS-A/C CLI vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-43878","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-05-07"},{"cvss_score":7.3,"headline":"F5OS vulnerability CVE-2022-41835","id":"CVE-2022-41835","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-10-19"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"F5OS SNMP vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-47150","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-10-15"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-02-26","vendors":["F5"]},"summary":"Attackers with root SSH keys can bypass Appliance Mode restrictions to gain unauthorized root access on F5OS systems.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36546/"}