CVE-2025-61974 (GCVE-0-2025-61974)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-15 13:55
Modified
2026-02-26 16:57
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
8.7 (High) - 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
CWE
  • CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Summary
When a client SSL profile 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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
F5 BIG-IP Version: 17.5.0   < 17.5.1.3
Version: 17.1.0   < 17.1.3
Version: 16.1.0   < 16.1.6.1
Version: 15.1.0   < 15.1.10.8
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Version: 1.9.0   < *
Version: 1.8.0   < *
Version: 1.7.0   < *
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   F5 BIG-IP Next CNF Version: 2.0.0   < *
Version: 1.1.0   < *
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   F5 BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes Version: 2.0.0   < *
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