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TI-2025-16757 Aliases CVE-2025-22891GHSA-892q-vr75-r4j3

BIG-IP PEM Vulnerability

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-772Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-772.

Summary

When BIG-IP PEM Control Plane listener Virtual Server is configured with Diameter Endpoint profile, undisclosed traffic can cause the Virtual Server to stop processing new client connections and an increase in memory resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00408 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed BIG-IP (F5): 17.1.2, 16.1.5

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
F5BIG-IP17.1.0 to before 17.1.2; 16.1.0 to before 16.1.5; 15.1.0 and later17.1.2, 16.1.5Patch availableCNA
  • BIG-IP VendorF5 Affected 17.1.0 to before 17.1.2; 16.1.0 to before 16.1.5; 15.1.0 and later Fixed in 17.1.2, 16.1.5 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*15.1.0 to before 15.1.10.6.0.11.6; 16.1.0 to before 16.1.5; 17.1.0 to before 17.1.2VulnerableF5
  • cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.1.0 to before 15.1.10.6.0.11.6; 16.1.0 to before 16.1.5; 17.1.0 to before 17.1.2 Vulnerable ·F5

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA BIG-IP (F5) Fixed in 17.1.2, 16.1.5

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    F5 BIG-IP 16.1.5, 17.1.2

    6 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 5 MEDIUM, 1 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2025-18070 BIG-IP Advanced WAF/ASM BADoS vulnerabilityPriority MEDIUM 45
    • TI-2025-17179 BIG-IP APM access profile vulnerabilityPriority MEDIUM 44
    • TI-2025-16726 BIG-IP SIP VulnerabilityPriority MEDIUM 44

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-22891
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-892q-vr75-r4j3

References

  • TI-2023-25230 BIG-IP Configuration utility unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-01269 Missing authentication in F5 BIG-IP KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-05850 Memory corruption in BIG-IP KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-05845 Server-side request forgery in BIG-IP; BIG-IQ KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-04820 Path traversal in BIG-IP KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-05975 GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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