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CVE-2025-46706: BIG-IP iRules vulnerability

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 34/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.42% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 1.4.0-EHF-3; F5 BIG-IP Next SPK 1.7.14-EHF-2.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 1.4.0-EHF-3; F5 BIG-IP Next SPK 1.7.14-EHF-2 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

When an iRule containing the HTTP::respond command is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in memory resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

HighCVSS 8.7 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Oct 15, 2025
Updated
Oct 18, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 37th percentile

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Action score

34

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
34 / 40 · 8.7 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · f5
7.5
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
f5big-ip next cloud-native network functions
f5big-ip next service proxy for kubernetes
f5big-ip access policy manager
f5big-ip advanced firewall manager
f5big-ip advanced web application firewall
f5big-ip analytics
f5big-ip application acceleration manager
f5big-ip application security manager
f5big-ip application visibility and reporting
f5big-ip automation toolchain
f5big-ip carrier-grade nat
f5big-ip container ingress services

and 11 more

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • f5 big-ip access policy manager17.1.0 and later · before 17.1.2.2
  • f5 big-ip access policy manager16.1.0 and later · before 16.1.6
  • f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager17.1.0 and later · before 17.1.2.2
  • f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager16.1.0 and later · before 16.1.6
  • f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall17.1.0 and later · before 17.1.2.2
  • f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall16.1.0 and later · before 16.1.6
  • f5 big-ip analytics17.1.0 and later · before 17.1.2.2
  • f5 big-ip analytics16.1.0 and later · before 16.1.6
  • f5 big-ip application acceleration manager16.1.0 and later · before 16.1.6
  • f5 big-ip application acceleration manager17.1.0 and later · before 17.1.2.2
  • f5 big-ip application security manager17.1.0 and later · before 17.1.2.2
  • f5 big-ip application security manager16.1.0 and later · before 16.1.6
  • f5 big-ip application visibility and reporting16.1.0 and later · before 16.1.6
  • f5 big-ip application visibility and reporting17.1.0 and later · before 17.1.2.2
  • f5 big-ip automation toolchain17.1.0 and later · before 17.1.2.2
  • f5 big-ip automation toolchain16.1.0 and later · before 16.1.6
  • f5 big-ip carrier-grade nat17.1.0 and later · before 17.1.2.2
  • f5 big-ip carrier-grade nat16.1.0 and later · before 16.1.6
  • f5 big-ip container ingress services17.1.0 and later · before 17.1.2.2
  • f5 big-ip container ingress services16.1.0 and later · before 16.1.6

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (f5). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • F5 BIG-IP

    • 17.5.0 and laternot affected
    • 17.1.0 and later · before 17.1.2.2affected
    • 16.1.0 and later · before 16.1.6affected
    • 15.1.0 and laternot affected

  • F5 BIG-IP Next CNF

    • 2.0.0 and laternot affected
    • 1.1.0 and lateraffectedfixed in 1.4.0-EHF-3

  • F5 BIG-IP Next SPK

    • 2.0.0 and laternot affected
    • 1.7.0 and lateraffectedfixed in 1.7.14-EHF-2

Same product

f5: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-23306Feb 14, 2024 · BIG-IP Next CNF & SPK vulnerability
    28Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-28132May 8, 2024 · BIG-IP NEXT CNF vulnerability
    17Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-48008Oct 15, 2025 · BIG-IP MPTCP vulnerability
    34Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
F5 BIG-IP Next CNF1.4.0-EHF-3Vendor (CNA)
F5 BIG-IP Next SPK1.7.14-EHF-2Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-59762273 days apartBIG-IP HTTP/2 vulnerability
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2025-556700 days apartBIG-IP Next (CNF, SPK, and Kubernetes) vulnerability
    28Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVSS vector

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-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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