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CVE-2026-40060 (GCVE-0-2026-40060)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-13 14:12 – Updated: 2026-05-13 16:12
VLAI
Title
BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM vulnerability
Summary
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.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-13 16:02 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000160727 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
F5 BIG-IP Unaffected: 21.1.0 , < * (custom)
Affected: 21.0.0 , < 21.0.0.1 (custom)
Affected: 17.5.0 , < 17.5.1.4 (custom)
Affected: 17.1.0 , < 17.1.3.1 (custom)
Affected: 16.1.0 , < * (custom)
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Date Public
2026-05-13 14:00
Credits
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