CVE-2021-22985

HIGH

BIG-IP APM 16.0.x < 16.0.1.1 - Authenticated Denial of Service via VPN Traffic Processing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

On BIG-IP APM version 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, under certain conditions, when processing VPN traffic with APM, TMM consumes excessive memory. A malicious, authenticated VPN user may abuse this to perform a DoS attack against the APM. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K88162221

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0061
EPSS Percentile 70.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (1)
f5/big-ip_application_security_manager 11.6.1 - 11.6.5.2
Published Feb 12, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026