Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP APM up to 15.1.10/16.1.6/17.1.2/17.5.1 and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component OAuth Access Profile. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-54854. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP APM up to 15.1.10/16.1.6/17.1.2/17.5.1. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code of the component OAuth Access Profile. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

When a BIG-IP APM OAuth access profile (Resource Server or Resource Client) is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed traffic can cause the apmd process to terminate.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

The advisory is shared for download at my.f5.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-54854. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 270610 (F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP APM vulnerability (K000156602)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 15.1.10.8, 16.1.6.1, 17.1.3 or 17.5.1.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (270610) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-34628). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• F5

Name

• BIG-IP APM

Version

• 15.1.0
• 15.1.1
• 15.1.2
• 15.1.3
• 15.1.4
• 15.1.5
• 15.1.6
• 15.1.7
• 15.1.8
• 15.1.9
• 15.1.10
• 16.1.0
• 16.1.1
• 16.1.2
• 16.1.3
• 16.1.4
• 16.1.5
• 16.1.6
• 17.1.0
• 17.1.1
• 17.1.2
• 17.5.0
• 17.5.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://f5.com/

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