CVE-2026-41956 PUBLISHED

BIG-IP TMM Vulnerability

Assigner: f5
Reserved: 30.04.2026 Published: 13.05.2026 Updated: 13.05.2026

When a classification profile is configured on a UDP 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.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	F5
Product	BIG-IP
Versions	Default: unknown unaffected from 21.0.0 to * (excl.) affected from 17.5.0 to 17.5.1.4 (excl.) affected from 17.1.0 to 17.1.3.1 (excl.) affected from 16.1.0 to * (excl.)

Vendor	F5
Product	BIG-IP Next CNF
Versions	Default: unknown unaffected from 2.1.0 to * (excl.) affected from 2.0.0 to 2.0.3 (excl.) affected from 1.4.0 to 1.4.1 (excl.)

Vendor	F5
Product	BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes
Versions	Default: unknown affected from 2.0.0 to 2.1.0 (excl.)

Credits

F5 finder

References

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000158038

Problem Types

CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow CWE