VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2021-23009
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.99%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-05-10
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
On BIG-IP version 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1 and 15.1.x before 15.1.3, malformed HTTP/2 requests may cause an infinite loop which causes a Denial of Service for Data Plane traffic. TMM takes the configured HA action when the TMM process is aborted. There is no control plane exposure, this is a data plane issue only. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-835
Primary references
- f5sirt@f5.com — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory