CVE-2026-40060

published 2026-05-13

CVE-2026-40060: When a BIG-IP Advanced WAF or ASM security policy is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the bd process to terminate. Note: Software…

Priority P3 43 high 7.5 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C N I N A H

When a BIG-IP Advanced WAF or ASM security policy is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the bd process to terminate.

Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Affected

13 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
f5	big-ip	>= 16.1.0 < *	*
f5	big-ip	>= 17.1.0 < 17.1.3.1	17.1.3.1
f5	big-ip	>= 17.5.0 < 17.5.1.4	17.5.1.4
f5	big-ip	>= 21.0.0 < 21.0.0.1	21.0.0.1
f5	big-ip_advanced_waf	—	—
f5	big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall	—	—
f5	big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall	16.1.0 – 16.1.6	—
f5	big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall	17.1.0 – 17.1.3	—
f5	big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall	17.5.0 – 17.5.1	—
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	—	—
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	16.1.0 – 16.1.6	—
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	17.1.0 – 17.1.3	—
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	17.5.0 – 17.5.1	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd v4.0 8.7 HIGH CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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