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TI-2025-18218 Aliases CVE-2025-24497GHSA-8253-7fvw-x3gr

BIG-IP PEM vulnerability

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-125Published · 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-125 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

When URL categorization is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause TMM to terminate.  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, 16.1.0, 15.1.0

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 17.1.217.1.2, 16.1.0, 15.1.0Patch availableCNA
  • BIG-IP VendorF5 Affected 17.1.0 to before 17.1.2 Fixed in 17.1.2, 16.1.0, 15.1.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

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

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA BIG-IP (F5) Fixed in 17.1.2, 16.1.0, 15.1.0

Fixed in the same release

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

  • Release ·

    F5 BIG-IP 17.1.2

    6 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 6 MEDIUM

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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-24497
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8253-7fvw-x3gr

References

Advisory 1

  • 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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Sources

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