CVE-2026-42781 (GCVE-0-2026-42781)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-13 14:12
Modified
2026-05-13 16:15
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.1 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Summary
When embedded Packet Velocity Acceleration (ePVA) acceleration is configured, undisclosed local ethernet traffic can cause an increase in ePVA and Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) 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 Patch: 21.1.0   < *
Version: 21.0.0   < 21.0.0.1
Version: 17.5.0   < 17.5.1.4
Version: 17.1.0   < 17.1.3.1
Patch: 16.1.0   < *
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