Vulnerability Details CVE-2025-53521
When a BIG-IP APM access policy is configured on a virtual server, specific malicious traffic can lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE).
Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.062
EPSS Ranking 90.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8
Proposed Action
F5 BIG-IP APM contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that could allow a threat actor to achieve remote code execution.
Ransomware Campaign
Unknown
References
Products affected by CVE-2025-53521
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.1.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.10
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.10.2
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.10.3
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.10.4
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.10.5
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.10.6
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.10.6.0.11.6
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.10.7
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.10.7.0.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.7
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.8
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.8.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.8.2
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.9
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:15.1.9.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:16.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:16.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:16.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:16.1.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:16.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:16.1.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:16.1.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:16.1.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:16.1.3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:16.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:16.1.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:16.1.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:16.1.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:16.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:16.1.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:16.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:17.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:17.1.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:17.1.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:17.1.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:17.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:17.1.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:17.1.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:17.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:17.1.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:17.1.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:17.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:17.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:17.5.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:17.5.1.2