BIG-IP SSL/TLS vulnerability
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-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
When Diffie-Hellman (DH) group Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) Brainpool curves are configured in an SSL profile's Cipher Rule or Cipher Group, and that profile is applied to a virtual server, undisclosed traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F5 | BIG-IP | 17.1.0 to before 17.1.2 | 17.5.0, 17.1.2, 16.1.0, 15.1.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| F5 | BIG-IP Next SPK | 1.7.0 and later | 2.0.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| F5 | BIG-IP Next CNF | 1.1.0 to before 1.4.0 | 2.0.0, 1.4.0 | Patch available | CNA |
Remediation
- Fix · CNA BIG-IP (F5) Fixed in 17.5.0, 17.1.2, 16.1.0, 15.1.0
- Fix · CNA BIG-IP Next SPK (F5) Fixed in 2.0.0
- Fix · CNA BIG-IP Next CNF (F5) Fixed in 2.0.0, 1.4.0
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
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-36231 BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM and NGINX App Protect DNS lookup vulnerabilityPriority LOW 37
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-60016
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2h32-w2mf-v4c7
References
More F5 Big-ip Next Cloud-native Network Functions vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-42605 BIG-IP HTTP/2 vulnerability CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-29357 BIG-IP SSL/TLS vulnerability CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-29350 BIG-IP SSL/TLS vulnerability CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2025-38317 TMM vulnerability CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2025-38308 BIG-IP SSL/TLS vulnerability CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2025-37232 BIG-IP DNS cache vulnerability CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
Sources
- CVE-2025-60016 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-60016 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2h32-w2mf-v4c7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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