CVE-2025-54858

Published: Oct 15, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026

8.7

Vector

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

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:XShow less

Source: f5sirt@f5.com (Secondary)

Description

When a BIG-IP Advanced WAF or BIG-IP ASM Security Policy is configured with a JSON content profile that has a malformed JSON schema, and the security policy is applied to 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 (8)

Products: F5: Big Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall, Big Ip Application Security Manager

2 products

Big Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall

Big Ip Application Security Manager

Configuration A

8 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
F5 Big Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall	From 15.1.0 to 15.1.10.8
F5 Big Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall	From 16.1.0 to 16.1.6.1
F5 Big Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall	From 17.1.0 to 17.1.3
F5 Big Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall	From 17.5.0 to 17.5.1.3
F5 Big Ip Application Security Manager	From 15.1.0 to 15.1.10.8
F5 Big Ip Application Security Manager	From 16.1.0 to 16.1.6.1
F5 Big Ip Application Security Manager	From 17.1.0 to 17.1.3
F5 Big Ip Application Security Manager	From 17.5.0 to 17.5.1.3

Related CWEs

CWE-674

Uncontrolled Recursion

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

References (1)

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000156621

Source: f5sirt@f5.com

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