CVE-2025-21087 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption4 documents4 sources
Severity
8.9HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 38.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
23
F5 Big-ipF5 Big-ip NextF5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager+20 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 5

Description

When Client or Server SSL profiles are configured on a Virtual Server, or DNSSEC signing operations are in use, undisclosed traffic can cause an increase in memory and CPU resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H

Affected Packages23 packages

▶NVDf5/big-ip_local_traffic_manager16.1.0 — 16.1.6+2
▶NVDf5/big-ip_global_traffic_manager16.1.0 — 16.1.6+2
▶CVEListV5f5/big-ip17.1.0 — 17.1.2+2
▶CVEListV5f5/big-ip_next20.0.0 — 20.1.0
▶NVDf5/big-ip_websafe16.1.0 — 16.1.6+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2mpq-2v9j-3j3j: When Client or Server SSL profiles are configured on a Virtual Server, or DNSSEC signing operations are in use, undisclosed traffic can cause an incre↗2025-02-05
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CVEList
TMM Vulnerability↗2025-02-05
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
F5
CVE-2025-21087: When Client or Server SSL profiles are configured on a Virtual Server, or DNSSEC signing operations are in use, undis...↗2025-02-05
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