VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2020-27718
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.04%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-12-24
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
When a BIG-IP ASM or Advanced WAF system running version 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, 12.1.0-12.1.5.2, or 11.6.1-11.6.5.2 processes requests with JSON payload, an unusually large number of parameters can cause excessive CPU usage in the BIG-IP ASM bd process.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo
Primary references
- f5sirt@f5.com — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory