Vulnerability · CVE-2025-36557
When an HTTP profile with the Enforce RFC Compliance option is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate.
Published May 7, 2025 · catalog updated May 19, 2025 · F5 BIG-IP Next CNF
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-36557. EPSS is 0.43%. Act only if a listed version of F5 BIG-IP Next CNF is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High8.7
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.43%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 1.1.0 <1.4.0
When an HTTP profile with the Enforce RFC Compliance option is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Are you affected?
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- vendor F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 1.1.0 <1.4.01.1.0 <1.4.0
How to fix CVE-2025-36557
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-36557. EPSS is 0.43%. Act only if a listed version of F5 BIG-IP Next CNF is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 1.1.0 <1.4.0 1.1.0 <1.4.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.43%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 7, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
When an HTTP profile with the Enforce RFC Compliance option is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
May 19, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
When an HTTP profile with the Enforce RFC Compliance option is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-36557
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-36557
30-day exploitation probability 0.4%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-13945
When an HTTP profile with the Enforce RFC Compliance option is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.