CVE-2025-58474

BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM and NGINX App Protect DNS lookup vulnerability

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: October 15, 2025 at 01:55 PM UTC
Updated: October 18, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorBig IP Application Security ManagerBig IP Advanced Web Application FirewallBIG-IP

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

When BIG-IP Advanced WAF is configured on a virtual server with Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) protection or when an NGINX server is configured with App Protect Bot Defense, undisclosed requests can disrupt new client requests.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

17.1.0 ≤ v < 17.1.217.1.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 15.1.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 16.1.0 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 17.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 17.5.0 (unaffected)
4.0.0 ≤ v < 4.7.04.0.0
Affected range stops below 4.7.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.0.0 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000148512

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMf5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-770

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