Is CVE-2012-1493 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-1493 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-1493?

CVE-2012-1493 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-1493?

CVE-2012-1493 has an EPSS score of 63.08% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2012-1493?

No published fix for CVE-2012-1493 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-1493

HIGHEPSS 99th pctl

7.8

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

F5 BIG-IP appliances 9.x before 9.4.8-HF5, 10.x before 10.2.4, 11.0.x before 11.0.0-HF2, and 11.1.x before 11.1.0-HF3, and Enterprise Manager before 2.1.0-HF2, 2.2.x before 2.2.0-HF1, and 2.3.x before 2.3.0-HF3, use a single SSH private key across different customers' installations and do not properly restrict access to this key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform SSH logins via the PubkeyAuthentication option.

CWE-255

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

63.08%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Vendor Advisory1

support.f5.com

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-255 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2010-0219	High	10.0	90%	-	-
CVE-2013-4786	High	7.5	82%	-	-
CVE-2014-9195	High	10.0	81%	-	-
CVE-2009-3548	High	7.5	79%	-	-
CVE-2009-4189	High	10.0	79%	-	-
CVE-2017-8229	Critical	9.8	74%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.