Vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (March 31, 2026)
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
On October 15, 2025, F5 published a security notice regarding, among other things, the vulnerability CVE-2025-53521. This affects BIG-IP APM and allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute code remotely. On March 29, 2026, the vendor indicates that this vulnerability is actively being exploited. The...
CSIRTS triage
- What
- F5 BIG-IP APM allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute code remotely.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of F5 BIG-IP APM.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation.
- Action
- Apply the security updates provided by F5.
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Details
Original advisory: https://www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/alerte/CERTFR-2026-ALE-004/
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2025-53521Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 81% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-53521 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
- criticalexploitedCVE-2025-53521: F5 BIG-IP Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilitycisa-kev
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