CVE-2025-53856
TMM vulnerability
At a glance Severity HIGH 8.7 EPSS EPSS 0.35 % · percentile 28 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2025-10-15 Updated 2026-02-26 Assigner f5 NVD status Analyzed Description When a virtual server, network address translation (NAT) object, or secure network address translation (SNAT) object uses the embedded Packet Velocity Acceleration (ePVA) feature, undisclosed traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. To determine which BIG-IP platforms have an ePVA chip refer to K12837: Overview of the ePVA feature https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K12837 . Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Scores Version Score Vector Scored by CVSS 3.1 HIGH 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H f5 CVSS 4.0 HIGH 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N f5 CVSS 4.0 HIGH 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X NVD · f5sirt@f5.com (Secondary) CVSS 3.1 HIGH 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD · f5sirt@f5.com (Secondary)
Weaknesses (CWE)
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CERT-FR advisories
Affected configurations (NVD CPE) cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_visibility_and_reporting:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_automation_toolchain:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_carrier-grade_nat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_container_ingress_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_ddos_hybrid_defender:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_edge_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_ssl_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_webaccelerator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_websafe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.6.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.6.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.6.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.6.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.6.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.6.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_visibility_and_reporting:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.6.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_automation_toolchain:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.6.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_carrier-grade_nat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.6.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_container_ingress_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.6.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_ddos_hybrid_defender:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.6.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.6.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_edge_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.6.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.6.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.6.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.6.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.6.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.6.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_ssl_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.1.0 < 16.1.6.1+43 more Affected products Product Versions F5 · BIG-IP affected 17.5.0 < 17.5.1.3 ; affected 17.1.0 < 17.1.3 ; affected 16.1.0 < 16.1.6.1 ; affected 15.1.0 < 15.1.10.8
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