CVE-2025-48500

Q: How do I fix CVE-2025-48500?

Upgrade big-ip access policy manager to 17.5.1.3 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2025-48500 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2025-48500 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.11% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 2% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2025-48500?

CVE-2025-48500 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2025-48500 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for big-ip access policy manager (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGH

7.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A missing file integrity check vulnerability exists on MacOS F5 VPN browser client installer that may allow a local, authenticated attacker with access to the local file system to replace it with a malicious package installer. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

CWE-353

How to fix

Remediation Available

big-ip access policy managerNVD

Affected:>= 17.5.0, < 17.5.1.3Fixed in:17.5.1.3CVE-2025-48500derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.11%probability of exploitation in 30 days

2ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 2% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

my.f5.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-353 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2021-28545	High	8.1	2.3%	-	-
CVE-2021-28546	Medium	6.5	1.4%	-	-
CVE-2019-10943	High	7.5	1.0%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-10124	High	7.1	0.7%	-	-
CVE-2020-7878	Critical	9.8	0.7%	-	-
CVE-2020-7808	High	8.7	0.7%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2025-48500?

Upgrade big-ip access policy manager to 17.5.1.3 or later.

Is CVE-2025-48500 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2025-48500 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.11% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 2% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2025-48500?

CVE-2025-48500 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2025-48500 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for big-ip access policy manager (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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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 2025-10-21.