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CVE-2024-21789

BIG-IP ASM and Advanced WAF vulnerability

High7.5EPSS 0.52%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
f5

Description

When a BIG-IP ASM/Advanced WAF security policy is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in memory resource utilization.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By f5

  2. · 13 days later

    Published

  3. · 15 months later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2024-21789, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
f5CNA (assigner)3.1High7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVDNVD · Analyzed3.1High7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.52% · top 56% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

Affected products

  • F5 · BIG-IP

    • affected 17.1.0 – < 17.1.1
    • unaffected 16.1.0 – < *
    • unaffected 15.1.0 – < *

References (1)

Sources

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