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🛡️ CVE-2026-41957 — big-ip-access-policy-manager

🟠 CVSS 8.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-502 NVD
8.8
CVSS Score
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Description

An authenticated remote code execution vulnerability through undisclosed vectors exists in the BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Configuration utility.

 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 low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-41957 is classified as CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data. Serialised data from an untrusted source is reconstructed into objects, which can trigger code during the process.

Affected software

CVE-2026-41957 is recorded against 22 packages.

  • big-ip-access-policy-manager (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-advanced-firewall-manager (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-advanced-web-application-firewall (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-analytics (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-application-acceleration-manager (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-application-security-manager (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-application-visibility-and-reporting (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-automation-toolchain (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-carrier-grade-nat (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-container-ingress-services (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-ddos-hybrid-defender (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-domain-name-system (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-edge-gateway (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-fraud-protection-service (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-global-traffic-manager (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-link-controller (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-local-traffic-manager (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-policy-enforcement-manager (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-ssl-orchestrator (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-webaccelerator (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-ip-websafe (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.6)
  • big-iq-centralized-management

Timeline and source

Published on 13 May 2026 and last revised on 23 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-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-502
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-05-13
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-23
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
big-ip-access-policy-manager 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-advanced-firewall-manager 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-advanced-web-application-firewall 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-analytics 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-application-acceleration-manager 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-application-security-manager 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-application-visibility-and-reporting 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-automation-toolchain 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-carrier-grade-nat 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-container-ingress-services 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-ddos-hybrid-defender 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-domain-name-system 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-edge-gateway 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-fraud-protection-service 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-global-traffic-manager 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-link-controller 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-local-traffic-manager 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-policy-enforcement-manager 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-ssl-orchestrator 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-webaccelerator 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-ip-websafe 16.1.0 16.1.6
big-iq-centralized-management

References

Mitigation, Vendor Advisory https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000156761

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