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🛡️ CVE-2026-40618 — big-ip-access-policy-manager

🟠 CVSS 7.5 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-131 NVD
7.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

When an SSL profile is configured on a virtual server on BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) without Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) or on BIG-IP hardware platforms with the database variable crypto.hwacceleration set to disabled, undisclosed traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate.  

Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-40618 is classified as CWE-131: Incorrect Buffer Size Calculation. The size computed for an allocation does not match what is later written into it, producing an overflow.

Affected software

CVE-2026-40618 is recorded against 24 packages.

  • big-ip-access-policy-manager
  • big-ip-advanced-firewall-manager
  • big-ip-advanced-web-application-firewall
  • big-ip-analytics
  • big-ip-application-acceleration-manager
  • big-ip-application-security-manager
  • big-ip-application-visibility-and-reporting
  • big-ip-automation-toolchain
  • big-ip-carrier-grade-nat
  • big-ip-container-ingress-services
  • big-ip-ddos-hybrid-defender
  • big-ip-domain-name-system
  • big-ip-edge-gateway
  • big-ip-fraud-protection-service
  • big-ip-global-traffic-manager
  • big-ip-link-controller
  • big-ip-local-traffic-manager
  • big-ip-next-cloud-native-network-functions (from 2.0.0 up to 2.2.1)
  • big-ip-next-for-kubernetes (from 2.0.0 up to 2.1.1)
  • big-ip-next-service-proxy-for-kubernetes (from 2.0.0 up to 2.0.3)
  • big-ip-policy-enforcement-manager
  • big-ip-ssl-orchestrator
  • big-ip-webaccelerator
  • big-ip-websafe

Timeline and source

Published on 13 May 2026 and last revised on 29 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

my.f5.com

Other advisories for this package

big-ip-access-policy-manager has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-131: Incorrect Buffer Size Calculation) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-131
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-05-13
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-29
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
big-ip-access-policy-manager
big-ip-advanced-firewall-manager
big-ip-advanced-web-application-firewall
big-ip-analytics
big-ip-application-acceleration-manager
big-ip-application-security-manager
big-ip-application-visibility-and-reporting
big-ip-automation-toolchain
big-ip-carrier-grade-nat
big-ip-container-ingress-services
big-ip-ddos-hybrid-defender
big-ip-domain-name-system
big-ip-edge-gateway
big-ip-fraud-protection-service
big-ip-global-traffic-manager
big-ip-link-controller
big-ip-local-traffic-manager
big-ip-next-cloud-native-network-functions 2.0.0 2.2.1
big-ip-next-for-kubernetes 2.0.0 2.1.1
big-ip-next-service-proxy-for-kubernetes 2.0.0 2.0.3
big-ip-policy-enforcement-manager
big-ip-ssl-orchestrator
big-ip-webaccelerator
big-ip-websafe

References

Mitigation, Vendor Advisory https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000158082

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