Vulnerability
CVE-2025-53521
F5 BIG-IP and Big-Ip Access Policy Manager: unauthenticated buffer overflow leading to code execution
Most severe levelDEFCON 3 · Substantial risk
Official data
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 · critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121
- EPSS
- 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of CVEs
- CISA KEV catalogue
- Yes, since 27 March 2026
Sources: NVD (CVSS, weakness, publication), FIRST (EPSS), CISA (KEV catalogue).
Data read on 4 November 2026.
Timeline
- 15 October 2025Published on NVD
- 27 March 2026Added to the CISA KEV catalogue
In DefenceLevel briefings7 days
- 15 August 2026Worth watching
- 3 April 2026Still ongoingDEFCON 4
- 2 April 2026Still ongoingDEFCON 4
- 1 April 2026New in the last 24 hoursDEFCON 3
- 30 March 2026Still ongoingDEFCON 4
- 29 March 2026Still ongoingDEFCON 4
- 28 March 2026New in the last 24 hoursDEFCON 3
Last 12 months.
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