CVE-2025-61938

Oct. 15, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

8.7
High

Description

When a BIG-IP Advanced WAF or ASM security policy is configured with a URL greater than 1024 characters in length for the Data Guard Protection Enforcement setting, either manually or through the automatic Policy Builder, the bd process can terminate repeatedly.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
F5
  • Bigtip
  • Advanced Waf
  • Asm
  • *
  • *
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-1284
Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input
The product receives input that is expected to specify a quantity (such as size or length), but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the quantity has the required properties.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a f5 bigtip / / / / / / / /
a f5 advanced_waf / / / / / / / /
a f5 asm / / / / / / / /

References

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000156624

Tags

f5sirt@f5.com
CWE-1284
2025-10-15
CVE-2025-61938

CVSS Score

8.7 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • 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

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Timeline

Published: Oct. 15, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 15, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

f5sirt@f5.com

Linked Attack Reports

F5 BIG-IP Source Code Leak Tied to State-Linked Campaigns Using BRICKSTORM Backdoor

A China-linked threat cluster, UNC5221, is actively targeting organizations using F5 BIG-IP following a confirmed breach of F5's internal development data. The stolen data includes portions of BIG-IP source code and vulnerability information, raising the risk of rapid 0-day discovery and weaponizat…
brickstorm
2025-10-24
f5 big-ip
Published: October 24, 2025
Linked vulnerabilities : CVE-2025-61882 (CVSS 9.8), CVE-2025-41430 (CVSS 8.7), CVE-2025-46706 (CVSS 8.7), CVE-2025-48008 (CVSS 8.7), CVE-2025-53474 (CVSS 8.7), CVE-2025-53521 (CVSS 8.7), CVE-2025-53856 (CVSS 8.7), CVE-2025-53868 (CVSS 8.5), CVE-2025-54479 (CVSS 8.7), CVE-2025-54854 (CVSS 8.7), CVE-2025-54858 (CVSS 8.7), CVE-2025-55036 (CVSS 8.7), CVE-2025-55669 (CVSS 8.7), CVE-2025-58096 (CVSS 8.2), CVE-2025-58120 (CVSS 8.7), CVE-2025-59478 (CVSS 8.7), CVE-2025-59781 (CVSS 8.7), CVE-2025-60016 (CVSS 8.7), CVE-2025-61938 (CVSS 8.7), CVE-2025-61951 (CVSS 8.7), CVE-2025-61955 (CVSS 8.5), CVE-2025-61960 (CVSS 8.7), CVE-2025-61974 (CVSS 8.7), CVE-2025-57780 (CVSS 8.5), CVE-2025-58071 (CVSS 8.7), CVE-2025-61935 (CVSS 8.7), CVE-2025-61990 (CVSS 8.7)
Downloadable IOCs: 3

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