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CVE-2025-54479 (GCVE-0-2025-54479)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-15 13:55 – Updated: 2026-02-26 16:57

Title

BIG-IP PEM vulnerability

Summary

When a classification profile is configured on a virtual server without an HTTP or HTTP/2 profile, undisclosed requests can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

8.7 (High)


                        
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SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-10-16 03:56 UTC

CWE

CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write

Assigner

f5 CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 87 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000151475	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

3 products

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
F5	BIG-IP	Affected: 17.5.0 , < 17.5.1 (custom) Affected: 17.1.0 , < 17.1.3 (custom) Affected: 16.1.0 , < 16.1.6.1 (custom) Affected: 15.1.0 , < 15.1.10.8 (custom)	guessed
F5	BIG-IP Next CNF	Affected: 2.0.0 , < * (custom) Affected: 1.1.0 , < * (custom)	guessed
F5	BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes	Affected: 2.0.0 , < * (custom)	guessed

Date Public

2025-10-15 14:00

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CERTFR-2025-AVI-0886

Vulnerability from certfr_avis - Published: 2025-10-16 - Updated: 2025-10-16

De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans les produits F5. Certaines d'entre elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer une élévation de privilèges, un déni de service à distance et une atteinte à la confidentialité des données.

Solutions

Se référer au bulletin de sécurité de l'éditeur pour l'obtention des correctifs (cf. section Documentation).

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Description
F5	BIG-IP Next	BIG-IP Next pour Kubernetes versions 2.1.x antérieures à 2.1.0 EHF-2
F5	BIG-IP Next	BIG-IP Next SPK versions 1.7.x antérieures à 1.7.15 EHF-2
F5	BIG-IP	BIG-IP (tous les modules) versions 15.1.x antérieures à 15.1.10.8
F5	BIG-IP Next	BIG-IP Next CNF versions 2.x antérieures à 2.1.0 EHF-1
F5	BIG-IP	BIG-IP (tous les modules) versions 17.5.x antérieures à 17.5.1.3
F5	BIG-IP Next	BIG-IP Next SPK versions 2.x antérieures à 2.1.0 EHF-1
F5	BIG-IP	BIG-IP (tous les modules) versions 17.1.x antérieures à 17.1.3
F5	NGINX	NGINX App Protect WAF versions antérieures à 4.7.0
F5	BIG-IP Next	BIG-IP Next CNF versions 1.4.x antérieures à 1.4.0 EHF-3
F5	BIG-IP	BIG-IP (tous les modules) versions 16.1.x antérieures à 16.1.6.1

References

Title

Publication Time

CERTFR-2025-AVI-0886

Vulnerability from certfr_avis - Published: 2025-10-16 - Updated: 2025-10-16

Solutions

Se référer au bulletin de sécurité de l'éditeur pour l'obtention des correctifs (cf. section Documentation).

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Description
F5	BIG-IP Next	BIG-IP Next pour Kubernetes versions 2.1.x antérieures à 2.1.0 EHF-2
F5	BIG-IP Next	BIG-IP Next SPK versions 1.7.x antérieures à 1.7.15 EHF-2
F5	BIG-IP	BIG-IP (tous les modules) versions 15.1.x antérieures à 15.1.10.8
F5	BIG-IP Next	BIG-IP Next CNF versions 2.x antérieures à 2.1.0 EHF-1
F5	BIG-IP	BIG-IP (tous les modules) versions 17.5.x antérieures à 17.5.1.3
F5	BIG-IP Next	BIG-IP Next SPK versions 2.x antérieures à 2.1.0 EHF-1
F5	BIG-IP	BIG-IP (tous les modules) versions 17.1.x antérieures à 17.1.3
F5	NGINX	NGINX App Protect WAF versions antérieures à 4.7.0
F5	BIG-IP Next	BIG-IP Next CNF versions 1.4.x antérieures à 1.4.0 EHF-3
F5	BIG-IP	BIG-IP (tous les modules) versions 16.1.x antérieures à 16.1.6.1

References

Title

Publication Time

FKIE_CVE-2025-54479

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-10-15 14:15 - Updated: 2026-10-18 21:10

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	f5sirt@f5.com	https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000151475	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
f5	big-ip_next_cloud-native_network_functions	*
f5	big-ip_next_cloud-native_network_functions	2.0.0
f5	big-ip_next_cloud-native_network_functions	2.0.1
f5	big-ip_next_cloud-native_network_functions	2.0.2
f5	big-ip_next_cloud-native_network_functions	2.1.0
f5	big-ip_next_for_kubernetes	2.0.0
f5	big-ip_next_for_kubernetes	2.1.0
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	*
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	*
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	*
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	17.5.0

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GHSA-C2H5-9WRR-3F73

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-15 15:30 – Updated: 2025-10-15 15:30

Details

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

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

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-54479"
  ],
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    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
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  },
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  "id": "GHSA-c2h5-9wrr-3f73",
  "modified": "2025-10-15T15:30:28Z",
  "published": "2025-10-15T15:30:28Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54479"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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      "type": "CVSS_V4"
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NCSC-2025-0319

Vulnerability from csaf_ncscnl - Published: 2025-10-15 15:21 - Updated: 2026-03-27 18:09

Summary

Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in F5 Networks BIG-IP, F5OS en NGINX App Protect WAF

Scope

43 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2025-54479.

CVE-2025-54479

Configuring a classification profile on a virtual server without an HTTP or HTTP/2 profile can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate due to undisclosed requests, with unsupported software versions not evaluated.

7.5 (High)


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

Known affected: 7 products

Open the full advisory

WID-SEC-W-2025-2310

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2025-10-15 22:00 - Updated: 2026-03-31 22:00

Summary

F5 BIG-IP und F5OS: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Severity

Kritisch

Scope

44 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2025-54479.

CVE-2025-54479

Known affected: 2 products

Open the full advisory

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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CVE-2025-54479 (GCVE-0-2025-54479)

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CERTFR-2025-AVI-0886

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