F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF ASM up to 15.1.10/17.1.2/17.5.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF ASM up to 15.1.10/17.1.2/17.5.0. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-61935. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF ASM up to 15.1.10/17.1.2/17.5.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

When a BIG IP Advanced WAF or ASM security policy is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the bd process to terminate.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

It is possible to read the advisory at my.f5.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-61935. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 270592 (F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM vulnerability (K000154664)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 15.1.10.8, 17.1.3 or 17.5.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (270592) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2308). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • F5 BIG-IP

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 270592
Nessus Name: F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM vulnerability (K000154664)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: BIG-IP Advanced WAF ASM 15.1.10.8/17.1.3/17.5.1

Timelineinfo

10/15/2025 Advisory disclosed
10/15/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/17/2025 +2 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: f5.com

Advisory: K000154664
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-61935 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-61935
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-328679
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2308 - F5 BIG-IP: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service

Entryinfo

Created: 10/15/2025 16:07
Updated: 10/17/2025 06:49
Changes: 10/15/2025 16:07 (53), 10/15/2025 22:04 (7), 10/17/2025 03:03 (24), 10/17/2025 06:49 (2)
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