Description
When BIG-IP AFM is provisioned with IPS module enabled and protocol inspection profile is configured on a virtual server or firewall rule or policy, undisclosed traffic can cause an increase in CPU resource utilization.  

Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Published: 2025-02-05
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-3672 When BIG-IP AFM is provisioned with IPS module enabled and protocol inspection profile is configured on a virtual server or firewall rule or policy, undisclosed traffic can cause an increase in CPU resource utilization.   Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
History

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared F5 big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager
F5 big-ip Next Cloud-native Network Functions
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_next_cloud-native_network_functions:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products F5 big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager
F5 big-ip Next Cloud-native Network Functions

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00098}

 epss

{'score': 0.00124}

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description When BIG-IP AFM is provisioned with IPS module enabled and protocol inspection profile is configured on a virtual server or firewall rule or policy, undisclosed traffic can cause an increase in CPU resource utilization.   Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Title BIG-IP AFM vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, '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:L'}

Subscriptions

F5 Big-ip Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager Big-ip Afm Big-ip Next Cloud-native Network Functions
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: f5

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-12T20:51:33.854Z

Reserved: 2025-01-22T22:44:44.923Z

Link: CVE-2025-24312

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-02-12T20:43:48.576Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-02-05T18:15:34.060

Modified: 2025-11-12T16:38:01.230

Link: CVE-2025-24312

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T15:26:16Z

Weaknesses